Comments on: Review: Harman/Kardon SoundSticks II

By: Eric Schwarz

Eric Schwarz — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:09:43 +0000

@Andries: Those are the new revision (aka the SoundSticks III) — different lights, and they switched to black rubber for the bases — they’re still being sold at Apple Stores and other retailers, some 11 years after the original iSub and USB SoundSticks…

By: Andries

Andries — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:54:23 +0000

You can turn the speakers on/off by pushing in the bass-volume knob, located on the subwoofer.

By: Eric Schwarz

Eric Schwarz — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:49:15 +0000

@James: It sounds like you have the original SoundSticks, as the SoundSticks II (and III) use a 3.5mm audio cable and work with just about anything that has an analog audio jack (or RCA jacks) (Macs, PCs, iDevices, video game systems). The originals used USB, and some users have had problems: https://discussions.apple.com/message/13122885?messageID=13122885

By: James

James — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:21:27 +0000

I have just got these lovely speakers off of eBay and had not seen all the palava with USB connection not working with my MacBook Pro 10.6.2 which is highly annoying as the blue LED lights up and my MBP can see the USB sticks as on option on the Audio controls but I get nothing Not even a hiss or a buzz which makes me think there might be something wrong with the internals but with no way to find out (i.e. plugging it into an old G$ or PC with usb 1.0). Anyone running these old beauties on a recent MBP or similar?

By: Eric Schwarz

Eric Schwarz — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:54:50 +0000

@Bob: There seems to be a few revisions of the SoundSticks after the model we reviewed – they added a power button on one model, so a change in LED supplier may have led to brighter LEDs in some runs (just a theory).