Altec Lansing MX6021

Altec Lansing Expressionist Ultra MX6021 Review

We review the Altec Lansing’s Expressionist Ultra MX6021 PC speakers which feature surprising power and a unique design. That old adage about children being seen and not heard should be flipped around for speakers: They should be heard, not seen. In an ideal world, anyway. But until the Invisible Speaker becomes reality, a lot of manufacturers have taken to interesting ways of making those plastic chunks that spit out music look as good as they sound - like making them transparent. From Harmon Kardon’s iconic SoundSticks to Ferguson Hill’s FH007 and the stunning GLA-55, glass (and its more practical buddy acrylic) really catches the eye as much as the ear. Altec Lansing gives the trendy see-through look some rumble with the capable MX6021, a 2.1-channel PC gaming setup that combines a room-rattling subwoofer with a pair of exceptionally chic satellites you won’t be ashamed to prop up beside your Post-It dispenser.The MX6021 comes with two rather runty desktop speakers, each standing just under nine inches tall, and one massively disproportionate subwoofer that seems to have been hogging all the chow while these three were growing up on the speaker farm together.