Thanks for your considered critique. FYI the soundsticks were designed in the late 90's by our own Jonny Ives (yes, Apple's chief designer). They have won numerous design awards and a set is on permanent display at the New York Museum of Modern Art. I like to think i'm open to innuendo as anyone but never once have i thought that the speakers resemble a dildo. I have a set of these (speakers that is) and the sound volume is perfectly acceptable for me.

In case no stock nearby, they're £67 direct from Harman Kardon.

http://www.harmankardon.co.uk/computer-speakers/SOUNDSTICKS+III.html

You may have a different opinion from Jez_North, but there is no need to abuse him/her in that way nor cast aspersions on those with mental health problems - most thoughtless and immature.

Some in Carlisle,,,,,, but I don't want them

Again, you've made up things I never said but have this time resorted to name calling and asking silly questions designed to provoke. You've really embarrassed yourself and shown your level of debate is probably best suited to a Jeremy Kyle episode.

Oh, and you've tested many speakers of this price tag and know lots about audio quality but have only ever posted deals to a pair of 6w speakers costing £5.49. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Yeah, I'll admit, they're probably good compared to those that you're used to. LOL.

Embarrassing!!!

Goodbye :smiley:

You are a very silly person, keyboard warrrior it seems and you know nothing about audio equipment. These are around £100 worth speakers aside from the discounted price they are at now and you deluded person think there will be audiophile levels of quality? What planet are you on you baffoon? I have reviewed and tested many speakers of this price tag and these are one of the best. Go to sleep!

Who is Jack? I don't know anyone by that name.

I have heard of the company - I never said I hadn't! So you're making words/phrases/sentences up to suit the purpose of your post!

You must do better and be more accurate/literal when trying to belittle someone.

Keep trying...

Clearly know jack all about speakers and HI-FI acoustics. If you've never heard of Harman Kardon do you even deserve speakers?

Err, it's a "Best 2.1 speaker award" from a stupid tech gadget site, they print the marketing blurb they were given and stick a girl in a bikini on the front page holding a stick of ram like a d1ld0

I just did suggest a better alternative.

I never suggested people were assuming they were going to get "audiophile levels of sound", I was just stating this was unlikely.
I'd dispute that if you link to a review stating that they have a 'great sound' that then, "nobody is expecting that nor are we paying for it", because clearly you are and just did.

I'm not sure why you want to reference your e-p3ni$ hi-fi as relevant or where you get the idea that I'm portraying myself as the world's authority on audio. I'm simply pointing out that there are simple highschool physics reasons why tiny speakers sound awful, any Engineer will happily tell you the same thing.

2.1 speakers are basically a marketing niche, people tell themselves they don't want large speakers on their desktop, so manufacturers will happily flog them a flawed system that splits a speaker into two parts, the tweeter and the bass unit.
This concept will always sound poo no matter how much you pay for it.

You already know this, other people may not have thought it through or understand the physics behind why it sounds poo. They may indeed not be able to tell poo from their elbow.

You've rationalised that you want the smallest speakers possible and you want something 'designery' to look at. That's OK.
My rationalisation is that I am willing to sacrifice a bit more desk space for a significantly better sound.
If you decided you simply wanted better sound and nothing else, then you'd do the same as me.

pratt

I have never used these but there is always hundreds of them in customer returns auctions which I always took as them being poorly made.

Best 2.1 speaker award. Find me a better set for similar money and with universally good reviews.

You're the one jumping to conclusions here pretending that people are buying these and wanting to run audiophile levels of sound, where in fact nobody is expecting that nor are we paying for it.

Coming from a set of Yamaha NX50 for PC usage they're a marked improvement.

For reference I've a rather nice HiFi setup of Rega gear and PMC speakers (£XXXX) so please don't assume you know more than anybody else, you don't.

Huge drop of heat in the hundreds for this over a few days?

I guess you didn't read anything you quoted :-

"Voice, piano, strings, will tend to sound a bit more thin and boarder
line tinny with the SoundSticks. Given those 4 little 1-inch tweeters
in each stick are being asked to produce sound they just are just not
very good at physically reproducing, and the subwoofer is also being
asked to create a lower mid range, nearly impossible for a sub, which is
designed to produce sound in the 50Hz and below, to sound good up to
250Hz or more. It is just hard for these subwoofer and super small
satellite designs to get the mid range correct."

I think we can safely ignore the Tech journalists lazy cut-n-pasting of HK's marketing copy, and just refer to those who review Hi-Fi as a job.
You will never get a sub/sat system to sound anything other than mediocre to appalling, the physical compromises are too great, you can sit there and be indignant all you like but you will never get a real Hi-Fi reviewer to agree with you.
However if all that is being asked is to replay beep-boops from a computer game, than I'm sure they are fine. HK do in fact make some very fine conventional speakers.

If anyone cares, a pair of secondhand Mission speakers for around the same price will blow these toys out of the window.
Just because it's for a PC doesn't mean anyone should rush out and buy "PC speakers", there are much better components to be had.

Trying to post on a mobile is a nightmare on this site.
Yay for a subwoofer, so tinny in one location and lumpy in another, I'm sure that will sound amazing.

Lakeside Thurrock apparently have stock. Too far from me so just ordered direct from HK.

Seems to be expired now as I cannot order for home delivery and cannot find anything in store in London.

Also how does this compare to a budget sound bar. I am planning not to spend more than £150. Will a sound bar with a woofer be better than these speakers?

http://www.techspot.com/bestof/speakers/

Strangely the media seem to disagree with your ill informed (if informed at all) opinion.

So true you wrote it twice. Good job it comes with a subwoofer.

Presumably no awards for sound quality though, correct? You can't fight physics, and the sound from these toys will be tinny and weak. These things are for posers

All installed, great sound and look superb... their transparency and profile has a very small footprint.

Whoever said they weren't loud enough I can only assume they were trying to fill the O2 arena with sound. They sound great and have more than enough volume!

Thanks op.

Yeah they are amazing, sent by DPD but failed to send me order confirmation or tracking number

Ooh, 10 likes.

Out for delivery today it seems. Ordered 14th.

Anybody had these delivered direct yet?

No reason why not. Two options:

1) Wired
Either connect 3.5mm audio out on Echo Dot to 3.5mm audio in on SoundSticks

2) Wireless
Or purchase a Bluetooth receiver and connect this to SoundSticks and pair Echo Dot with receiver via Bluetooth.

I bought these and would be curious to set them to work with Echo Dot.

Does anyone have any thoughts if this would work?

£79.99 @ Harmon Kardon

If you want. Please don't ask for permission for everything you Google though - you'll have to be an adult and make your own decisions at some point.

Oh, and for the record...my orginal comment got 10 likes and the main naysayer has apologised on here as now he has some, kind of agrees with what I was saying.

Have a good day :smiley:

shall i google " yellow buttplug " and compare it to a lemon ?

Would it make sense to get an Echo Dot and plug these in? I'd like to use them with my TV and play amazon music on them. I'm just thinking if power control would be an issue as it would be a pain if I had to turn them on every time I want to play something.

They do become more and more sexual as this thread goes on

Great speakers for this price, I managed to get them for £80 a few years ago.

The only issue I've had over the years is the volume control. As it touch control rather then depress a button, they can be a little temperamental. I find that sometimes I have to wet my finger to get the volume control to work properly.

Back in stock at Harmon Kardon online!

Thanks for the advice. I'll invest a few quid in these then.

Fantastic sound, but a fair bit of reverb in the old anus.

LOL, everyone going on about how they look.

Anyone care to comment on what the sound is actually like from the speakers?

Currently available in Bolton if interested.

Direct from Harmon Kardon as detailed earlier in the thread

the link is only a few posts back
http://www.harmankardon.co.uk/computer-speakers/SOUNDSTICKS+III.html
but now OOS.

Yeah, got email at 21.15pm. Ordered at 02.48am yesterday.

Anybody who ordered from HK direct got their shipping yet?

Just touch the volume button on the speaker.

this should expire as they are not in stock anywhere

I've been meaning to get some of these for a while when the price drops, but the auto off will really bug me. Can anyone tell me please, if these have gone off/powered down automatically, and you then cycle the power - do they come back on, or do you still have to press the power button?

some chav that can't afford them on benefits ;-)

curry sticks.

who said kamran hardon units look like Anne summers pieces i just don't get it !!

Same here. I was expecting a display unit when I went it. Ask the saleswoman that I reserved one for collection and ask her if it was the display unit. She said no and went in the back and bring out a brand new sealed one. She even show me the one on display to prove my was brand new.

Still had another brand new one left after I got my one if anyone want one. (Longton, STOKE) store.

No longer in stock at the £61.19 price.

Thanks OP. PIcked up a set from my local Currys.

Strangely, when I checked the stock online it told me there was one left & it was on display. So I was going in to try to haggle more off it when I spotted 3 brand new & boxed below the display model.

So worth a check anyway, stock checker was incorrect for sure.

Direct from where?

Fantastic PC or small bedroom speakers... enuff said!

ordered direct
Unit price: 61.19 GBP delivered using 10% discount code

how are these compared to the JBL creature ii, the one with subwoofer like Darth Vader?

Quite possibly the best comment I have read on this site in a long while. Purchased based on your review. Ann Summers woohoo.

Apologies to greavesy1984 if he ( and i assume it is a he (?)) is miffed at some of the barbed comments directed his way following my reply to his initial post. Since then, I have carried out a survey on the vibrator market, for scientific accuracy purposes only i hasten to add. I now see that a Soundstick speaker can indeed resemble certain jumbo sized clear dildos. The net result is that some of the magic has gone from the iconic design for me because every time i look at the speakers, a dildo is all i can see. Revenge is sweet. :confused:

Got a set of these for £60 during some glitch on the HK web-site a year or two back.

Fantastic sound and fantastic value for money. I've just snapped up another two sets for Christmas presents. Combine with a Chromecast Audio for a really pleasing sound solution for your phone or tablet.

Great speakers, very good quality except I had a horrible issue with a high pitched buzzing with these, and had it replaced with the same issue; so refunded it. Excellent speakers, truly a shame about the buzzing.

it`s 79.99 now

£67.99 as posted by Splashmo yesterday: http://www.harmankardon.co.uk/computer-speakers/SOUNDSTICKS+III.html

Or £89.99 Recertified: https://www.harmankardon.co.uk/computer-speakers/SOUNDSTICKS+III.html?dwvar_SOUNDSTICKS%20III_color=Clear-Z-EMEA#start=1

The latter is an offer for Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber :stuck_out_tongue:

Where are they £67.99? I can only see £79.99...

Go to the SALE page on their site

£67.99 direct from Harman Kardon or £89.99 Recertified?

https://www.harmankardon.co.uk/computer-speakers/SOUNDSTICKS+III.html?dwvar_SOUNDSTICKS%20III_color=Clear-Z-EMEA#start=1

I actually use these as my main listening speakers paired up with a Chromecast Audio. I'm sure all you audiophiles will think I'm mad, but the loudness and quality are more than suitable for my needs.

And if you press it in, like magic, the power comes on.

Have had my eye on these for a while and jumped straight in at this price.

Picked mine up last night - first time I've managed to get a deal that's gone this hot!

Sound pretty good on first listen - auto off is bit annoying as is the fiddliness of the volume controls, a proper rotary control would be much better

Voted hot

BTW am I the only one here who thinks aesthetically these are disgusting?!

HARMAN KARDON.......

HARDON and their speakers look like dildos. They're taking the ****

I highly recommend these, probably the best speakers for the money. They look great too!

This is so ugly

Shouldn't this be in audiovisual section, not computers ...?

but yeah, decent speakers if you want them to be seen, and can cope with the auto-off feature.

They have stock in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow if anyone is interested

signing up to their newsletter you get a 10% off code. I just bought them for £61.19

I’ve had a set of the original sound sticks for over 10 years - only now do they need replaced and that’s after I’ve dropped them a few times. I also have the wireless versions in the studio and would definitely recommend them.

Not loud enough? These things get WAY louder than I would ever need.

I mean, no, they're not good enough for huge house parties or something, but for normal use? More than adequate. They also sound really good at volume for a system this size.

My only complaint, and it is a fairly big one - is that it comes with auto-shut off. Not awful on its own, but it takes a couple seconds to switch back on, meaning the first few seconds of a music track or video or whatever are silent. You'll also never hear individual OS chimes unless it's already on because of this.

I got this set for £60 a year ago or so new, on a deal(I think from John Lewis?) and I think that's about the perfect price for them. They look great, they sound great, but the auto-shut off is annoying and deducts a good amount of value from it. Wouldn't buy at £100, but can definitely recommend at this price, so long as you can live with the annoyance I mentioned.

Worth this price, good deal. Thanks op!

Brush your teeth mate we can all smell the BS.

Will get better sound from some cheap monitors

and so is the pleasure they bring :wink:

They are very good, I was looking to replace them with a sound bar, I could find nothing half as good for £300... So I just decided to fix my 4 year old pair up.

I would argue they're the best you can get at their original price point so at this price it's a no-brainer

A fair point but is the sound quality up to scratch on these or a case of form over function ?

It's ok, Indy. Keyboard warriors have always been a part of the Internet. It gives small minded and unfulfilled individuals a place to transcend the frustration of their own lives onto someone else by the use of vulgar and demeaning language. I know why they do it, I just hope they do :smiley:

Are these really any good? Got a nose mini link and that's excellent but need something for kids pc. What do you think?

Jeezo, they are ugly mofo's!

Having owned these previously for 2 years, sound quality is good. At this price, excellent. But, the subwoofer really needs to be positioned well. Otherwise the bass can suffer from a very flat sound with little depth to it. But at 60 quid, it wipes the floor with everything in the price bracket, and to me, they're incredibly good looking speakers.

I have a megaboom and boom 2. Both fantastic speakers. Amazing sound for such a small speaker enclosure. Waterproof as well. And if you have more than one you can link them all together.

Here have some heat 'points' from me. They are almost as valuable as bitcoins

its out of stock from 12pm and from 400 went 1000%c nice stupid deals there but when i give some much better deals with stock i get 100 oc lol

They really do for such small individual speakers. Insane price

LOL

I really don't think you should give greavesy1984 a hard time.......no pun intended.

These are freakin' awesome the bass is something to behold, as my neighbour will testify. ;(

Had these for a while - they look great and sound awesome. I use them as speakers for my desktop PC, but I'm thinking of replacing them with the UE Megaboom as they are more portable. Anyone had experience with the Megaboom?

Damn this site, just bought them direct - did not need.

For anybody wondering RE bluetooth, add one of these and you're sorted.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00O8GASEA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_VEzqzbH9KB0W0

That's a volume controller for the subwoofer.

And 6% cash back at quidco

If you are so embarrassed by the way that they look then why did you buy them in the first place ? as clearly the look is important to you to be showing them to other people.

Also how old are the people you are showing them to ? as they sound like a bunch of kids to find them highly hilarious,I suppose they also wet themselves laughing every time they see a cucumber or banana in Tesco.

I've got these, i love em!

I Googled "thick dildo" and got a picture of you.

But perhaps, considering my photo, it was unwise for me to offer an opinion...

Based on your comments I asked my housekeeper who advises that that subwoofer is not as large as her Ann Summers toys, I was too embarrassed to ask further questions and quickly made my excuses and left. My monocle litterally fell out in surprise.

:man:

in stock in Llandudno. pulled myself away

There is stock in Leamington Spa

I've asked in my local shop in Lancaster who have now sold out. But as its the "end of the line" they are selling the display unit for 40% discount, probably barter a little more off!

You have a hearing problem.

To be fair from their website. Elegant and easy to use, SoundSticks III satellite speakers are designed to fit exactly where you want them – and maybe even in a few other places

Are you some kind of idiot ?

Was going to say these must be at least 20 years old now.

Whoever said they were quiet was talking utter guff BTW. Mine go proper loud.

I am really picky when it comes to sound quality, but these are fantastic and so immersive. Honestly, you'd have to spend A LOT (think double/triple) more money to get anything would come close to rivalling these.

Hot. And I love the the fact they look vaguely like a dildo. :man:

I've got my set and love them. Connected to an echo dot :man:

I bought these a year or two back from here, I think they are well worth £60/70.

I have them linked up with a Chromecast Audio and they work well!

You have controllable bass on the back of the Sub, then you adjust the sound volume on the right sound stick.

I think they are quite loud in fairness!

Try removing the speakers from your orifice first, they'll sound considerably louder :wink:

Are people actually denying they look exactly like a sex toy, really?

Google "clear Dildo" and tell me they don't look like one?

Interesting. As nearly everyone I showed them to, found them highly hilarious to look at - Therefore shared the same thoughts as me.

Dont buy unless you just want some PC/laptop speakers that nobody will see.

I got them refurbed at £80 or £90 a few months ago from a deal on here. The sound quality is OK but the're not loud enough and the speakers looks like something from Ann Summers - quite embarrassing when you see them in person.

By a company called 'Harman Kardon' and look like something from Ann Summers - I honestly think the design team were trying to take the **** out of customers when designing these.

You may have a different opinion from Jez_North, but there is no need to abuse him/her in that way nor cast aspersions on those with mental health problems - most thoughtless and immature.

Great deal, been using a set for a good few years now and for the money they are great. I use them on my PC but had to use them a few times with a TV and they done a decent job for what they are.

heat

read the comments... you can get it just as cheap delivered

A 600 mile round trip to get these for me, I'll give this one a miss, thanks anyway Op, heat.

thanks, bought from here with code that worked, cheaper and free delivery so not driving 20 miles to currys for it!

Spot on, i have these and they are stunning. I have a decent sized games room and run these from my TV using the headphone Jack. They take a moment or so to turn on, and turn off if you sit in a menu with no music for a while but the sound out of them is great.

They have a lovely white/blue light that comes out of them when they are on, and it gives a nice little glow.

Completely agree with everything you just said!

These are amazing, I use them as a sound bar through my TV which I have my Xbox/PS4 connected too. great for just music too, I recommend :smiley:

hmmmm yes and now youve got me wondering... what would Motorhead 'feel like'

HK10-MEMBER promo code

Harmon Kadron

Thanks for your considered critique. FYI the soundsticks were designed in the late 90's by our own Jonny Ives (yes, Apple's chief designer). They have won numerous design awards and a set is on permanent display at the New York Museum of Modern Art. I like to think i'm open to innuendo as anyone but never once have i thought that the speakers resemble a dildo. I have a set of these (speakers that is) and the sound volume is perfectly acceptable for me.

Although there is a volume control on the back of the subwoofer too.

You can just about make them out here;

Is the volume control with the subwoofer? If it is then no good for me as this will be on the floor out of the way. Online I have read conflicting things.

But I did buy it for 59.99 two years ago. :sunglasses:

Yeah, you'll need a dongle for BlueTooth or plug directly into your phone/mp3/gramaphone.

It's great kit, but hardly ever used because of the lack of BT. :disappointed:

Something like this?

https://www.quidco.com/12JuneBonus

Although in the T&Cs it does say limited to first 2000.

where you getting the new member discount code from

Thanks OP !0% new member discount = £61.19 + 6% Quidco

Is this wired or bluetooth?

Found some in Harrogate but taking into consideration petrol cost I may as well order direct.

Reserved in Kendal

In case no stock nearby, they're £67 direct from Harman Kardon.

http://www.harmankardon.co.uk/computer-speakers/SOUNDSTICKS+III.html

Some in Carlisle,,,,,, but I don't want them

no stock anywhere round mcr

Even cheaper than 2yrs ago, when it was 69.99.

Grr no stock in south west according to their stock checker. Closest to me is in Wales! Pity.