What a deal! Buy refurb'd PM2.0's NOW!

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My sister uses/used a small Altec Lansing 2.0 system on her desk. She's away at camp right now. Those things are just quite the abomination. They're single-driver, almost as big as the PM2.0's, and sound like fuzz. I told my dad about the deal on Klipsch's site now for the PM2.0's for $50.00 with free shipping and he thought I was nuts for ordering them, but when I hooked them up side-by-side today we were both blown away.

Is the sound completely amazing? Well, not really, but is it darn impressive? Certainly. They completely outperform the A/L speakers. It's a night and day difference. I'm also very surprised by how much bass they produce. I set the bass at about 10:00, because the "bass" control seems to only affect how much mud there is, not the quantity of low frequencies reproduced. The sound is definitely not "thin", though, there's some real meat to the lows that just seems impossible for something this size. The highs are very detailed for the price, and overall the PM2.0's seem to represent a much larger sound spectrum than the A/L's, and with some semblance of balance.

Now, for the bad. Firstly, the highs are a bit bright. I'm not sure why that is. I never found my Promedia 4.1's to be bright, and they had a larger horn than these. I notice they have a titanium diapgragm, but I would think that would make them smoother. Secondly, I'm not going to lie, they're just extremely boomy sounding. It sounds like a combination of zero damping and thin walls on the actual sattelites themsevles. I might try to take them apart and put some foam on the inside to tone that down because it's a bit distracting, even with the bass at 10:00. If you turn the bass up, it seems to increase the boominess substantially, raising the upper bass, but not the lower bass. I suppose it's an inherent sound.

Bottom line, though, I can't complain. For $50, free shipping, plus the one-year warranty (unusual, Klipsch usually offers 90 days on refurbs) these are a complete steal, and I'm sure my sister will be extremely impressed with them. At the end of the day, they still retain the Klipsch quality to them, and are designed to impress and sound really good despite being very small.