Harman Kardon SoundSticks II Plug and Play Multimedia Speaker System by JBL
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Digital camera reviews of Harman Kardon SoundSticks II Plug and Play Multimedia Speaker System
Digital camera Review: Amazing Sound
Summary: 5 Stars
Highly enjoy the looks and sounds this system has to offer. The bass is enough to shake the floor and the long cords allow you to place the speakers across the room though they do have a questionable shape. Over all best boom for your buck.Digital camera Review: Amazing Sound Quality
Summary: 5 Stars
These are great speakers. The sound quality of this system is amazing. The bass is very clean and not just "thump thump boom boom." I am not an audiophile so I can't comment on whether the 4 tweeter configuration causes lower performance in the mids. For me everything is there in these speakers and very clean and full. The system is also surprisingly powerful and very loud at max volume. I'm using these speakers in a dorm room and it fills the room nicely at medium volume.
The only minor issue with these speakers is the control mechanism:
1) While there is a way to mute the system the only way to power down is to unplug it
2) While I think the touch control system looks very nice it doesn't provide any visual feedback on what the current volume level is
3) Finding the touch controls may be a bit difficult (they are on the right satellite, below the lowest tweeter)
Aside from the issues with the volume controls, the space age look and aesthetics of these speakers is very good.
Look no further for 2.1 computer/multimedia speakers, these are the best currently on the market.
Digital camera Review: Amazing Sound Quality
Summary: 5 Stars
If your looking for perfect speakers for a computer, game system or just an mp3 player, look no further. These spekers have amazing sound quality. Not just for the price but amazing sound quality period. I bought these for my computer and I love them. These are great for any kind of music...especially loud music. My friends and I all have these speakers and none of us will ever buy a different speaker system ever again. These look great, sound great, and they're cheap enough to afford. You won't regret buying these.Digital camera Review: Amazing Sound, Amazing Value
Summary: 5 Stars
Subsequent to reading about 200 reviews on Harman Kardon's Sounstciks II, one of which was written by a consumate audiophile who found this system hard to fault, I ordered my first set from E-bay but which I returned because they were not cosmetically as advertised ("perfect").
I then ordered a second set from Amazon which sounded sublime--for five minutes before my
room was as silent as a tomb.
No sweat. If a GPS system can cage over the North Atlantic on a fresh-from-the-factory $250,000,000 Boeing 777, I can't really expect Harman Karmon to flawlessly crank out tens of thousands of these things for less than $200 without one or two having a glitch.
But it gets better.
Less than five minutes after I had the unit unplugged Amazon had fired me off a "mea culpa" assuring me I would be sent a new set and that I would have it before I could box up and send back the defective one--and they did.
When the unit arrived I was sure to follow the extremely simple sound-systems-for-dummies set-up instructions. The moment of truth was here--again-- but when I cranked these exquisitely designed speakers up, my room was filled with the sound that would make angels weep, assuming there are angels, they can hear music, and they are capable of weeping.
I'm not an audiophile. I have been told that I have a very primitive, binary nervous system: I sense either pleasure or pain with nothing in the middle. I do not know what the "middle range" is for sounds produced by speakers or what would be a sufficient level of base produced by a subwoofer to justify an investment of about U.S. $120.00. I do know that when I listen to the astonishing Cherubini's "Requiem", I can feel the "searing heat" of the piece in a way I never did before from speakers that cost 10 times as much. I marvel at how
such an inexpensive peripheral could make me understand why Berlioz said that the final moments of Cherubini's masterpiece, ""surpasses anything of the kind that has been written".
All this for less than a really good pair of shoes?
I've heard the criticisms of insufficient volume and bass and, frankly, I don't get it. My guess is that such knitpicking comes from those who you see in bumper-to-bumper traffic tapping on their steering wheels while the base from their car radios makes you feel as though, even with the windows closed, your ribs are exploding in your chest.
I've also heard both vague and specific references to the absence of "middle tones" and "sonic whallop" produced by these speakers and find such criticism baseless, pardon the pun.
No matter what your taste, no matter whether you prefer Mahler to Mick Jagger or Rod Stewart to Rossini, Harman Kardon, by way of Amazon, gives you a terrific bang for your buck with Soundsticks II.
And for an added bonus, the super-slick, space-saving design with it's ethereal blue-lighted subwoofer is a can't-miss icebreaker.
Add it all up--the price, the sound, and Amazon's warp speed customer service if things go wrong--and one word describes it all: intoxicating.
Digital camera Review: Amazing Sound.
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased these speakers about a week ago and they are everything the specs and reviews say they are. The slimline top speakers fit nice and neat (and look incredibly good, look at that sweet design!) on top of my desk next to my iMac. The sound quality is exceptional, and being able to control the subwoofer's power is a great feature, so you can get it at just the right tone that fits your hearing the best. The set up was simple consisting of just plugging in a few cords and putting the speakers in place. I would recommend them to anybody, and you are getting quite the bang for your buck. A great set of speakers for anybody who wants to step up a little bit to the next level. Amazing sound!