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if all your music lives on Apple devices and you're looking to invest in a high quality wireless speaker this is your guy I'm just new editor at C net this is a quick review of the Altec Lansing in err 5000 airplay speaker so what is airplay well it's Apple's wireless standard that connects all of their products using the touch of a button now the draw of using airplay over other wireless audio standards like bluetooth for example is that you're not going to suffer a cut in sound quality as it sends the signal through the air so basically you're gonna enjoy that same fidelity as you would through a hard wired connection in fact if you're looking at blast music throughout your entire home a Bluetooth speaker really isn't gonna cut it this one is it has two two-inch drivers and two tweeters in the front that handle the mid-range and treble signals while a rear firing four inch subwoofer sits in the back to add a rumbling sensation to whatever surface you put the speaker on and thankfully unlike most hi-fi speakers in the home this one's not going to take up much room at all it's oblong shape and low-profile chassis has a tapered teardrop style design that's gonna fit well into style centric homes and all the controls you need to play music and connect all your iOS devices sit cleanly on either side on the left you'll find a button to put it in sleep mode an auxiliary button for playing music out of any media with a three-and-a-half millimeter jack and ports for headphones and that external audio source flip it around and the other side has a couple more buttons for adjusting volume and another that meets the sound entirely the rest of the controls are on the back panel and include a power port and Ethernet port if your home has a weak wireless signal a Wi-Fi connect button that you'll use during the setup process and a reset button so the real beauty of airplay is a simple pairing process you can connect to any iOS device including iPhones iPads and even iTunes powered desktop computers just use the USB charging cable that came with your iPad or iPhone to plug it in and the speaker will automatically prompt you to download the in-air 5000 app from here all you have to do is specify which wireless network you want to use and it'll shake hands right away and after all set up you'll never need to enter in that network ID information again to play music through the speaker just press the up arrow button to the right of your phone's music player and select it to play now retailing at five hundred bucks it's true that this speaker costs just as much as your iPad but it does earn high points in sound quality and performance so with its modest design simple installation and booming sound I definitely recommend the speaker for Audio lovers without the constraints of a budget you can read all the details with more pictures in my full review on CNET com but that's gonna do it for me I'm Justin you this is the altec lansing in air 5,000 and that sounds