Altec Lansing Products

1927 . Engineers who would later form the Altec Lansing Company developed the theatre sound system for the first 'talking picture', The Jazz Singer.
1945 . Altec Lansing enters the home market with home loudspeakers, amplifiers and television receivers.
1948 . Altec created the first high-fidelity sound equipment designed specifically for home use.
1953 . Altec's 'Voice of the Theatre' became the only motion picture speaker systems approved by the Research Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
1961 . Altec Lansing introduced the first transistorised compressor amplifier.
1965 . Altec Lansing speakers were used at the Beatles' concert in Shea Stadium.
1967 . Altec Lansing developed the first modular, solid-state broadcast and recording console.
1973 . Billboard Magazine reported that more Altec monitor loudspeakers were used in recording studios than all other brands combined.
1982 . Altec Lansing built almost 4,000 channels of power amplification for Disney's Epcot Centre.
1990 . Altec introduced the first PC audio system.
1995 . Altec created the world's first computer speaker surround sound system with built-in Dolby Pro-Logic circuitry.
2003 . Altec Lansing introduced the market's first portable speaker system for the iPod.
2008 . Altec launches the world's first iPhone dock.
2008 . Altec launches the world's first 2.2 PC speaker system with 2 integrated down firing subwoofers.
2011 . Altec launches the world's first iPad docking system.