JBL Creature Speakers

I would think, I'm not sure haven't tried it, that you could use any pc speakers with the ipod.

for that price range $150...I think you could probably get some Klipsche Pro Media 2.1 speakers. Those are probably better sounding than the JBL Creatures, but definitely not as cool looking.

I'm a Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 owner. These suckers are the BMW of PC speakers. Those JBLs definitely look cool but the Klipsch sound vastly better. Lots of good, clean bass too. :cool:

Thanks for the advice everyone, I'll have a look into the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 :)

I purchased two separate sets of Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 speakers. The first set, the subwoofer was DOA - didn't work out of the box.

That set was purchased direct from Klipsch for me by my wife for Christmas. It took three weeks of many, many calls to Klipsch customer "service" and finally threatening to write the president of the company before they finally sent a UPS drop pickup ticket to return them (and I was being relatively nice). Absolutely the worst customer service experience of my life. I asked for, and finally got a full refund on my wife's credit card.

Despite this, I really wanted these speakers, and I really wanted them to work. So, silly me, after the first set was returned, I went to CompUSA and bought a second set. Thank goodness I got a TAP (extended warranty). The second set lasted only a few weeks before the front channel went dead. I switched the connections at the subwoofer - it was the subwoofer connection / crossover network, not the speakers.

I returned them on the TAP and for the cost of the Klipsch speakers, I got a set of Altec Lansing 5.1 speakers with a tower subwoofer and a 512 MB DIMM for my iBook. The Altec Lansing speakers sound every bit as good as the Klipsch speakers did (for the few weeks they actually worked), and they were half the price. And, over a year later, they still work great.

While I am sure others have the Klipsch speakers and have had no problems with them, I found it a little too coincidental I purchased two sets that were defective. Plus, after my experiences, I did some reasearch on Usenet and found others who had quality control problems with the Klipsch speakers. Beware.

Tom

I have the JBL speakers and I enjoy them. I didn't buy them for the "look" but for the sound. I listen to a lot of classical and "new age" type of music and controlling the bass and treble is easy. Just a light touch on the silver button on one of the speakers and I control the volume. Simplicity at its finest. And the all-white, glossy look of the speakers match the iPod.