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These speakers look a little like two tentacles and a jellyfish. But acoustically, they swim with the sharks, serving up clear treble, strong bass, and great imaging when we tested them using a CD player, a PC, and an iPod. The SoundSticks II tweak the original design to reduce the near-field bias, creating more room-filling sound. They also add touchsensitive volume buttons and change the old USB interface to a standard mini jack, letting you drive these with any portable audio device or PC. Top notch.
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