Product Description

The JBl Duet II multimedia system provides smooth and accurate sound for any portable music player or computer. With its incredibly easy setup and operation, the JBL Duet II system is a sosphisticated approach to achieving great 2-channel sound.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4580 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: Black
• Brand: JBL
• Model: DUET2BLK
• Dimensions: 10.00" h x 4.00" w x 4.00" l, 3.00 pounds

Features

• Great JBL sound from the Phoenix SE Tranducers
• 3.5mm mini stereo jack so you can hook it up many audio devices
• Has a 6 Watt JBL amplifier for high output
• Beautiful black design

From the Manufacturer
Featuring an elegant and striking design, the JBL Duet™ II multimedia loudspeaker system delivers a high-performance sound experience right from your laptop or desktop computer. Thanks to a proprietary speaker design and proprietary technologies, the sound quality from the Duet II speakers is simply stunning. And with the 3.5mm mini stereo jack, great sound isn’t limited to just your computer. Flexible connectivity allows connection to other audio devices, including iPod and MP3 players. So whether you’re checking the news or playing the latest game, bring great style and exceptional sound quality to your computer experience with the JBL Duet II speaker system – it looks as good as it sounds.

JBL has been making high performance audio products for more than 60 years.

The sound professionals have chosen for more than 60 years.
Have you been to a movie or gone to a concert recently? There’s a good chance that you were enjoying the show on JBL® loudspeakers. For more than 60 years, JBL has been the loudspeaker brand of choice for recording professionals around the world. JBL engineering, power, clarity and technical accuracy are legendary. And today’s high-resolution digital media demand nothing less than a loudspeaker that can handle their sonic range. So why not enjoy the entertainment content from your computer or portable music device on loudspeakers that probably helped to mix and master them? With JBL multimedia speakers, you can enjoy the thrill of the hottest new game or your favorite music download – right in your own home.

The JBL Duet II brings high performance sound to any room. View larger.

The JBL Duet II is the perfect high performance speaker system for your laptop or desktop. View larger.

Flexible connectivity.
No one can deny that playing computer games, listening to music or just surfing the Web is much more exciting when you have great sound. Well, we hear you. The JBL Duet II system makes having great sound from your home or office computer easy. Simply plug the Duet II system into wall power, and then connect it using the 3.5mm mini jack to your computer’s headphone or line-in input. That’s it. Want your iPod, MP3 player or portable CD player to sound better? Simply connect the system’s 3.5mm mini jack to the headphone input on an external audio device and, in no time at all, you’ll be enjoying your favorite musical artist in concert-quality sound.

JBL's proprietary Phoenix transducers deliver unparalled accuracy and detail with high-output. View larger.

Advanced technology.
The JBL Duet II speaker system features a number of proprietary technologies to deliver unmatched, high-performance sound. It all starts with the proprietary Phoenix transducers, which are made out of aluminum. Aluminum is inherently strong, yet lightweight. This design allows the drivers to reproduce sound with unparalled accuracy and detail for their size. It also means that you’ll hear deep bass, a rich midrange and crystal-clear highs from whatever you choose to listen to.

Powering the Phoenix transducers is a powerful and efficient JBL amplifier that’s designed to deliver high output and minimal distortion. The combination of these technologies means a sound experience for your computer that you’ll have to hear to believe.

The Duet II's simple, touch volume controls elegantly raise and lower the volume. View larger.

Easy to set up and use.
No need to be a rocket scientist when setting up and using the JBL Duet II system. In addition to the simple 3.5mm mini jack connection, the system features touch volume controls. Just a simple touch increases or decreases the volume; a touch on both pads mutes or unmutes the system. And the Duet II system will even remember your last volume setting after the system shuts down.

What's in the Box
Two JBL Duet II Multimedia speakers, power supply and audio cable

Customer Reviews

Excellent speakers
For someone who listens almost exclusively to classical music, I would recommend these reasonably priced speakers to listeners who do not need the exaggerated base response one hears in rock and rap music. {That may not be entirely fair to these musical genres but it sounds that way to me as cars broadcasting this music pass my way}.

The speakers have very good stereo separation, especially when one is sitting at a desk. But even when one is elsewhere in the room, the sound is quite convincing. For someone like myself who is mechanically and technically challenged, setting the speakers up was without frustration and despair. The speakers have the added advantage of taking up relatively little space and are, at least for my aesthetic sensibilities, rather attractive.

Gary Schwartz

Very Good for What They Are
I have used these for computer speakers, at mid to low volume and in a somewhat enclosed area. While they definitely required a ten to twenty hour burn in period, I was extremely happy with them after that. I lent them to my daughter thinking I wouldn't miss them but now I want them back, as they pretty much hit the sweet spot for computer speakers and I don't have to deal with a third component for bass. My wife has the prior version of the Duet IIs, it's a tear drop shaped speaker, and I actually like the sound on these a bit better. However, she's got hers in a much less enclosed area, and so I've not given them a fair comparison.

Be sure to consider what you are using them for and what's available in their price range (currently about $55 at Amazon.com). For me, they're great, but I don't expect from them what I would from a set of stereo speakers--which I would be prepared to pay way more for and would expect to take up a lot more room.

Not as great as I hoped
I bought these based on reviews by others. Overall they're fine. They look good and they hooked up fine. But I guess, based on what others said, I expected better, richer sound quality. Frankly, my old Dell speakers (with subwoofer) sounded considerably better. I got a new iMac, so I wanted new speakers to go with it. I'm just not all that impressed. Others talk about the rich sound and great bass... Really? Oh well. You win some, you lose some. Like I said, they're alright. Just not as great as I thought they would be.