My old external speakers failed so I picked up some new speakers for the iMac yesterday. The JBL Creature II’s have picked up a lot of good press over the last year so i was confident of a good sound. However I wasn’t prepared for just how…bad they sounded. I always thought the left/right speakers were too small and my gut feel looks to be right – they were very very poor.
No matter what settings I used I either got a very tinny sound with some or too much bass, or I got no treble at all with the same mix of bass. Very disappointing and they were returned this morning for a full refund. I did luck out though – the old speakers have started to work again (they were throwing out a lot of static with no inputs) so that will do for now. However I’ll keep my eye’s on these Audioengine A2’s (cheers Shakeel for the tip) as they look ideal for my needs.
as they look to be exactly what I’m after and they’ve had good reviews so far. Just not out in the UK yet.
So despite good reviews elsewhere, from what I heard with my own ears I would recommend staying well away from these speakers.
Thats probably something we don’t do enough of – negative criticism! Under my desk I have Julies Grampa’s 30+ year old B&O speakers hooked up to Graham’s old Pioneer midi-system amp (yes, the one with the inverse volume display from his childhood!). Sounds ok though.
http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore?noji=yes&productLearnMore=BC957&cid=AOS-EDM-A30000076209
Those are on special at the moment. Look quite nice.