page_title: Apple speakers
section_title: Harman Kardon SoundSticks and iSub
hierarchical_section_title: Apple speakers / Harman Kardon SoundSticks and iSub
caption_attribution_description: English: On the rainy drive through Washington State, the plastic box holding my Harmon Kardon Sound Sticks was breached (the top came off), and they were sitting in 2 inches of water. When I first tried them, the amp powered up but I got no sound. But after sitting a month, they came to life... and now THEY ARE ROCKING THE TOWER!
context_page_description: Apple Inc. has produced and sold numerous music and multimedia speakers, available for standalone purchase and bundled with Macintosh products.
context_section_description: Apple announced the iSub in 1999, a 6-inch subwoofer produced in partnership with Harman Kardon, designed by Jony Ive. It uses clear plastic to match the aesthetic of the iMac G3. It connected over USB.
  Harman Kardon and Apple next designed SoundSticks, which were introduced at the 2000 Macworld expo. Apple led the industrial design and mechanical engineering to have them fit into its product family. They include a new revision of the iSub. They won an Industrial Design Excellence Awards gold award and were featured on the cover of I.D. magazine. SoundSticks II were a minor upgrade, adding capacitive volume control buttons and a 3.5mm mini-jack input, replacing the previous USB input. SoundSticks III changed the styling slightly using black highlights and white lighting, instead of green and blue of the original SoundSticks and the SoundSticks II. SoundSticks Wireless introduced Bluetooth.
caption: Harman Kardon Soundsticks and iSub
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