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Extravagant Speaker Systems from Harman Multimedia: Creatures of Fantasy

Category: Multimedia

by Sergey Samarin

[ 08/06/2004 | 09:16 AM ]

Today we are going to take a closer look at two sets of extravagant speakers for Mac and PC users. Designed in the sci-fi style, these sets are going to change your opinion about the ways today’s computer speaker systems can sound and look.

Table of contents:

• Technical characteristics
  
• JBL Creature II
  
• Harman Kardon SoundSticks II
  
• Conclusion
  

We keep on testing multimedia speaker systems available in the market and today we have two exciting sets from Harman Multimedia. This company, a subdivision of Harman International Industries, is involved into production of hi-fi speaker systems under the brands JBL, Infinity and Harman Kardon (if you are versed in car acoustics, the JBL brand should be familiar to you).

For those who are not in the know and have never heard anything about Harman Multimedia, I can say, though somewhat peremptorily, that the produce of this manufacturer is always prominent in the market. This is mostly due to the company’s engineers who pay meticulous attention to the exterior of the products as well as to the development of a unique acoustic enclosure, electronic amplifier circuit and other most important “little things”. Speaker systems from Harman Multimedia are the real high-end – I say this to prepare you somewhat to the rather high cost of the sets I’m going to review today. They are JBL Creature II and SoundSticks II.

As usual, we will first examine the technical characteristics of the models. Designed in the sci-fi style, these sets are going to change your opinion about the ways and looks of a computer speaker system.

Technical characteristics