Reviews for Harman Kardon SoundSticks III 2.1 Channel Sound System

These speakers never even came close, let alone lived up to all of the great reviews.
I've had them a little over a year and the speakers have essentially quit working.
Really disappointing! If Harmon Kardon won't do anything for me then they have lost a customer forever. If you are thinking about getting these speakers - be wary.

For a small package these speakers give out some great sound. Also for the price you can't beat it. You won't be disappointing with these. My neighbors right now don't like them very much. haha enjoy

Wow! These things kick! It's a real treat to listen to music on these things! The sound is filling and the bass.... WOW! The bass is at it's default setting and it's awesome! Love how it doesn't shake anything! Highly Recommended!

I received the second gen version of these (almost identical) in 2008. They are playing crisp, beautiful music today (2013) and still look new. If looking for a 2.1 sound system in this price range I would find it difficult to buy anything else. Form factor, sound quality, bass response: its all great.

I bought this speaker system about a year and a half ago and it's still the life of the party! I brought it to college with me and received many noise complaints, especially from the room below mine due to the spectacular bass. I highly recommend this product!!

I bought a set of these to use with my mini and HDTV I use for a monitor seeing as the sound from the stock speakers is anemic at best. This enabled me to use them for the TV speakers also and WOW what an improvement! I've used the setup to watch movies and TV for some time now and I couldn't be happier. I realize these aren't $8,000 Martin Logan's or B&W Nautilus at nearly twice that (and they weren't designed to fill that market) but for $160.00 these things rock! Action movies like Pirates of carabean or Matrix series, have plenty of punch and realism for my little 18x24 room and NASCAR racing... Yea that's the ticket. Football and baseball games too. All I can say is you have to see, feel and hear these to believe them, so unless you just have money to burn grab a set, put the sub in a corner and be as amazed as everyone that sees these cool little things is.

I have the speakers set up at one end of a long front room (40'x16') in my mountain cabin (living room, dining area, kitchen). For this space, I can't imagine any speakers producing better sound.

The speaker system works great with Airport Express playing music from iTunes on my iBook G4 or iPad3, and it plays the audio portion of movies or TV shows I'm watching on my iPad3. The set-up was simple enough for a klutz like myself, and I even accidentally placed the speaker with the barely noticeable volume controls in the easier-to-reach location.

Pros: For simple listening enjoyment in a small home, it's nice to get away from the wall full of stereo components, equalizers, amps, etc. The equalizer on iTunes is adequate for my ears.

Cons: Wish there was a remote control for the volume - I'm not always near the laptop or iPad when the volume needs adjusting.

Note: I bought these identical speakers in Sep. 2012 for $152.12 (free shipping) at Amazon. Not much of a price difference, just FYI.

These are, hands down, the best sounding (and best looking!) desktop computer speakers I've ever used!

The only reason I give them four stars, not five, is that the original version used a USB interface rather than analog audio. USB was about 1000x better. Volume control was handled by software in the computer only, so your keyboard volume keys controlled the volume without the additional complication/confusion of a secondary volume control on the speakers. And the computer knew they were "SoundSticks" connected, which was also cool, software-wise.

I have two of the original versions, which I'll never give up...

Anyhow, great speakers!!! And nobody makes anything better, so get them!!!

I just bought my speakers and the delivery was extremely fast. The quality speakers are incredible, just what I needed, not bulky and heavy. Perfect to have a party with. Love it!!!!!!