Ushering in a whole new era of out-loud audio for iPod, the inMotion iM7 delivers full-bodied sound that rivals traditional home stereo systems. Its sleek, compact design goes where you go. Mobility is encouraged via the iM7’s long lasting battery mode. Or plug into a nearby outlet for AC power. The iPod recharges while you listen. Your dockable iPod is secured within a patent pending universal cradle that gracefully opens and recesses with the touch of a finger. The iM7’s impressive sound comes from highly advanced neodymium drivers and tweeters, plus a powerful, built-in subwoofer. A wireless remote provides across-the-room command of both the iM7 and iPod, allowing perfect adjustment of your music. Now, your iPod has an ideal traveling companion, the inMotion iM7. Just give it a listen and you’ll know why!
Review by mp3.com
Altec Lansing has been churning out portable speakers for the Apple iPod and other audio devices long enough to have it down to a science–at least that’s what the company’s latest iPod-ready product would have us believe. The inMotion iM7 portable audio system is one of the best sound systems we’ve seen designed for Apple’s champion MP3 player. In fact, the iM7 is comparable to the much-extolled Bose SoundDock, yet at $249, it’ll cost you $50 less.
Review by Playlist Magazine
Until recently, if you wanted a compact speaker system for your iPod, you were forced to compromise: portability or sound quality/volume. That’s not to say you didn’t have any good options; we’ve been big fans of portable systems such as Altec Lansing’s inMotion iM3 and iMmini ($180 and $130, respectively), and Logic 3’s iStation ($100). But although these compact systems are great for throwing in your suitcase or laptop bag, their volume levels are limited (by both their size and their 4AA batteries) and their sound—though good considering the size of the systems—isn’t comparable to that of “home” or “desktop” speaker systems. On the other hand, Bose’s $300 SoundDock provides impressive sound quality and volume in a compact desktop/bookshelf package—but you have to give up battery-powered portability.
Review by PC Magazine
The tube-shaped Altec Lansing inMotion iM7 is a combination Apple iPod dock and portable speaker system. The iM7 adds a little oomph to the company’s inMotion line, providing room-filling sound in a stylish white and gray casing.
The iM7 is part of a growing trend in this product category, in which portable speakers are becoming larger, heavier, and louder. It offers several advantages over Bose’s Editors’ Choice-winningSoundDock Digital Music System, not least of which is that it can run on either batteries (eight D-size alkalines) or AC power. The iM7 also makes more sense for iPod users than, say, the Virgin Boomtube EX by virtue of its integrated iPod dock connector, though the Altec Lansing system is much larger and heavier. The iM7 impressed us enough to name it our Editors’ Choice, though the SoundDock will retain its EC award for non-portable systems because of its slightly superior sound.
Review by lordpercy.com
The word portable is often misused and a devices portability is linked to the users ability to transport the device rather than its size. So when we first saw the inMotion IM7 system portable seemed a little unlikely as its somewhere between mini systems and the bigger JBL sound dock.
Altec Lansing have broken from the tradition of earlier IM series devices and made the IM7 a tubular design made of the same metal mesh but with a good dose of iPod white plastic and even a splash of grey rubber. The design is reminiscent of the 80’s boom box with a unique cassette like loading system for your iPod. The inMotion IM& will take any size iPod from the smallest mini (4gb) to the full size fatty the iPod photo (60gb), adjusting the holder is achieved by a wheel on the back of the unit which twists until your iPod is held firmly.
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