JBL - Creature Review

I received my JBL Creature speakers as a high school graduation gift from tech savvy, Apple-loving aunt, uncle & cousins. They know style and quality, so I was thrilled to receive these speakers even though I'd never heard of them.

The JBL Creature speakers have not disappointed me from the day I opened them way back in June 2004. The system includes a subwoofer and two speakers. You connect the speakers to the subwoofer and then connect the subwoofer to your computer. The treble and bass volumes are manually controlled on the subwoofer, and the volume is changed by pressing buttons on one of the speakers. It's that easy. Hardly any assembly required.

The JBL Creature speakers are portable if you want them to be. I have moved these speakers in my home before and taken them to parties with friends, but there are four cords to unplug and reorganize, which is annoying to me. I think I'll invest in a pair of portable speakers - now that they are on the market - and use these only for my computer.

The longevity of the sound quality of the JBL Creature speakers is VERY impressive. If I'd taken better care of the speakers and not listened to music so loudly in college they'd still be in like-new condition, but even with the damage I've done the sound quality is solid. The subwoofer's bass gets fuzzy when I put it up further than 70% of its maximum volume, but why do I need it that high any way? One of the speakers is blown so it does not play at maximum volume anymore either, but these are FIVE years old... for $100, I definitely got use out of them.

You can find them online at Amazon, so buy them!