Product Description

It is unusual to see a 2.1 speaker set bearing its name so well; the JBL Creature II has an organic and faithful restitution design that looks so alive. Equipped with 2 satellite speakers from the ODYSSEY brand,  it uses an extremely light membrane allowing frequencies to be produced without distortion and a subwoofer from the MAGNUM brand (rigid and light membrane of 115mm in diameter for the most powerful speakers). The Creature II is discretely integrated with control buttons on the subwoofer and on the right satellite. If you wish to offer your PC a high quality sound with an unusual look, then the Creature was designed for you.      

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23030 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Harman Multimedia
• Released on: 2004-03-31
• Number of items: 1

Manufacturer's Description
Enrich your movie, gaming, and music experiences with the Creature II powered three-piece speaker system, which connects directly to your Mac or PC's 1/8-inch audio output jack. Equipped with a pair of cutting-edge satellite speakers and matching subwoofer (think Darth Vader's helmet), the system offers rich, powerful stereo sound to everything from the latest Pixar DVD release to the newest Splinter Cell game. Users can also connect it to a boombox, digital music player, or portable audio device such as an iPod or CD Walkman.

It's the audio quality, however, that will please most listeners. The subwoofer's 4-inch Magnum transducer delivers clean, low bass that fills up a room, while the satellites' Odyssey Plus drivers enhance the high- and mid-range frequencies. The right speaker also comes with a pair of volume buttons that complement the treble and bass adjustment knobs found on the subwoofer. In addition, both the satellites and the subwoofer are magnetically shielded to protect against monitor distortion.

Touch Volume Control Just a touch increases or decreases the volume. Just a touch mutes or un-mutes the system. Creature II also remembers your last volume setting. The Creature II audio system utilizes a straightforward interconnect technology, which provides an effortless user interface with minimum desktop wiring. The powerful subwoofer provides clean low bass. The treble and subwoofer level controls are located on the front of the Creature II Subwoofer.

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Customer Reviews

Well Chuffed!!!!!!
WOWEEE!!!!!
It's like Christmas has come early.
I orderd them only yesterday and they arrived this morning at 8.30 all shiny and new.
Took me about five minutes to unpack and plug into my Mac.
Then I woke the rest of my house up!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M NOW PLAYING MY MUSIC NICE AND LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok, but all treble and bass
I have to admit, I should have seen this coming when I saw the size of the speakers. The two tweeters are tiny little things, and are paired with a monster of a subwoofer. It all looks quite cool, and the setup was easy.

Actually using them, things become a struggle. The tweeters simply can't push out any mid-range sounds at all, the the subwoofer, well, it's great, but it's there for bass, not mids. The end result is very clear treble, bass that can make your desk rattle, and almost nothing in the middle. Good for some electronic music and dance, but struggles with rock and metal. The worst part is having been using some quite good headphones for my PC up until now, I can hear the missing notes and sounds in my head, and it's driving me batty.

Still, for the cost, these are good for some casual listening and gaming. If you're looking to replace your stereo with a PC and speakers, might want to do what I'm going to be looking into - getting some proper stereo speakers and an amp.

Brillaint Speakers!! Well worth the money!!
If you want excellent speakers with style, great sound and just plain 'kick ass' written on them, these are the ones to own. When I first started rooting around for speakers with excellent sound and style, all I was getting was either speakers with great sound but looked awful. Or exactly the opposite, so when I happened to stumble upon these little beauties, I can say that I instantly fell in love with their sleek, laptop-colour matching look. But then I wondered for a moment, 'such sleek, nicely shaped, shiney speakers can't be good in sound also can they? No it'd be too good to be true, they have to have one fault'. And I knew that if they sounded bad, I couldn't get them, no matter how pretty they were.

However after reading reviews and seeing the star rating I decided that these were the speakers for me, luckily managing to get them for £49.00 (now they're £69) for some unknown reason, I think they were on sale at the time ^^;;
But moving on, I received the speakers and to my amazement of the size of the box, the middle peice was bigger than I'd thought, which now sits behind my laptop. The speakers are small, quite and shiney, the colour matches my laptop and room and I love them.

But when plugged into my laptop, finally getting it to work due to my lack of common sense ::laughs:: the sound that blasted out while playing one of my favourite songs was better than I'd hoped. It was clear, crisp, perfect and utterly worth the money I'd paid, even if I'd paid the £69 for them I would have still have kept them, they are simply excellent. Whatever music you play it comes out perfectly, the volume is as loud as heck, especially for myself (for whom blasts the music loud enough to annoy the neighbours below her as she sings to the music). I'm probably never going to crank the music up that loud, but still nice to say in case anyone out there reading wants speakers that'll blow their eardrums, not the loudest obviously, but certainly LOUD for such small speakers.

In conclusion of a long and rambling review these speakers are quite frankly the greatest thing's since sliced bread or whatever you all consider the greatest thing (for me it's not sliced bread LOL.) But if you want loud speakers, sleek and gorgeous design and something to make your sound better on whatever media you use it, buy these, there are none better for this kind of money.