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Klipsch Groove PM20 2.0 Speaker System (Black) | 
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| Brand: Klipsch
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $59.99
You Save: $40.00 (40%)
New (24) Used (4) Refurbished (1) from $44.00
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 590
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 5 x 3.5 x 7
MPN: PM20
Model: PM20
UPC: 743878019032
EAN: 0743878019032
ASIN: B000UV8CTU
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Simple two-speaker setup | | • | Amazing performance and value | | • | Clean, modern style perfect for flat-panel monitors | | • | Convenient, compact design great for travel | | • | Auxiliary input |
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Product Description
Small speakers with big sound, the Groove PM20 lets you easily and affordably enjoy music, movies, and games on your laptop or PC. Thanks to an auxiliary input, it even delivers dynamic performances from most any audio source, including TV's, iPods, and DVD players. This model includes a full-range driver and a braced, tuned port enclosure with system-specific loudness contour for rich, balanced, and dynamic listening at all output levels, and the bass level feature adjusts for user preference and listening environment. Plus, the Groove PM20 is more than just a great entertainer; it looks as good as it sounds. Its streamlined, space-saving design will transform any desktop into a stylish entertainment center. 1/8 stereo input and output. Auxiliary input.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Klipsch Groove PM20 2.0 computer speaker system combines great sound and visual appeal to bring a high-performance splash of sophistication to laptops and PCs. Its streamlined, space-saving design will transform any desktop into a stylish entertainment center. The Groove PM20 lets you easily and affordably enjoy music, movies, and games on your laptop or PC. Thanks to an auxiliary input, it delivers dynamic performances from most any audio source, including TVs, iPods, and DVD players. It is more than just a great entertainer—it looks as good as it sounds. Small speakers, big sound. That perfectly describes the Groove PM-20. And the Groove PM20 is more than just a great entertainer; it looks as good as it sounds. Its streamlined, space-saving design will transform any desktop into a stylish entertainment center.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Great sound from these little guys November 12, 2008
P. Madden (Chicago)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Purchased on Amazon. Was quite surprised by the quality of sound from these little speakers. Nice full range. I don't understand the comments of weak bass, I found it clean and strong, punchy without being boomy. Great value.
Desktop Speakers for the Office - A Sound Bargain October 25, 2008
Carl M. Lewis (Durham, NC USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you want a pair of compact speakers for your desk that won't demand a subwoofer, do yourself a favor and buy these while you can still get them at the incredible current Amazon bargain price under $60.
Make sure you don't overdo the bass setting to the point of booming distortion. Once I set them up correctly for bass and set them on either side of my monitor, I was blown away by the clear sound. Everything from classical, to jazz, to rock sounds incredibly accurate and detailed when played at civilized office volume levels. On the weekend I can crank them up a bit higher.
I own Bose and Logitech computer speakers. They are both very good and accurate. These Klipsch units beat them hands down for music that sounds like music.
Bass You Can Feel...when used properly! October 24, 2008
Richiemagoo (Rural Kentucky)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am totally impressed that these small speakers with just a single driver and bass port and no tweeter, can produce such full sound and truly AMAZING bass!!
Now, do understand that these are PC speakers, and thus, they are meant to be listened to while facing you and at not much more than arms length away. I have mine on the hutch of my computer desk, just slightly above ear-level, an arms length away and they sound great, and you can actually feel the bass!!
Being PC speakers, the bass does not carry far though- as it is not meant to. These would be great if you live in an apartment and wanted to play music at a decent volume, without the bass disturbing your neighbors. Although you can hear them just fine across the room or even a few rooms away...the bass fidelity is lost as soon as you move more than a few feet away- so you would not want to use these as party speakers, or for home theatre, etc- but for computer speakers, they rock!- literally!
In my opinion, these are the best all around PC speakers for under $150- and a steal at $60. Now of course, for little PC speakers for $60, we are not talking audiophile perfection...but these babies are BETTER than my JVC home stereo speakers that have 6" woofers!!
The bass is tight and accurate, even down near 30Hz at reasonable volumes. Overall, all but the very lowest bass holds together quite well even when quite loud. All frequencies are quite good, even with no equalization- but if you really want to get great sound, a little EQ will make them really sing! and just a little EQ will really bring out the treble/highs. Mids are rich and full(even competing against such full bass) and can be improved yet more with a little EQ.-Just amazing for the price and size!! (I mostly listen to classical, muzak and 70's oldies these days...but these speakers have incited me to start listening to my old funk and disco stuff again! Can you say Parlaiment and the Peter Jacques Band?)
While these speakers will work with an MP3 player- they are not the best choice for that use, unless you have a pre-amp/amp, [as is the case with any 2.0 system]- as they will not achieve their full volume capability nor their true fidelity by just plugging them into your iPod -Although they will still sound a good deal better than most other 2.0's doing that duty.
But for listening in front of your computer....these speakers are just unsurpassed in fidelity and great bass.
Aesthetically, the cases are made of a very high-quality plastic, which is smooth and shiny- and looks like it will stay that way. They look great on your desk if you have any other black components.
All connections are at the rear of the speakers.....but that is O-K, as the bass port is also facing rearward, and therefore you would not want to put these right up against anything...but you'd need to allow a few inches space, anyway.
Some have complained about the transformer (power brick) being quite large. It is only slightly larger than the standard outlet-mounted ones...and being an inline one, with a generous cord to the outlet on one side and to the speakers on the other, it is quite easy to tuck it unobtrusively away.
Those who say that these speakers don't have impressive bass, must be using them for purposes for which they are not intended- as I stated before....they are meant for close listening...not across a room or throughout a house- and they are quite loud when connected to a PC, for that purpose.
I love these speakers! Evewn without any EQ they are great...and with an EQ...they are near perfect for me.(I'm not an audiophile...but I am quite fussy, and I know good sound when I hear it)- You will not find anything close to these in this price range.
Oh, and don't forget: All new speakers need to be "burned in" (used for a while, to soften up the drivers to the point where they will acheive their full sound)- so remember..although these will sound great right out of the box...they will sound even better after you've used them for a while!
Very good for their purpose October 23, 2008
Dr. Stuart Gitlow (Providence, RI United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My computer sits under my desk. It has a small single speaker which I can't hear particularly well either through my desktop or over the background noise of the computer fan. If I hook the computer sound output to a stereo amplifier and a pair of real speakers, the sound is wonderful, but I don't always want to wake the family. For those times when I want to listen to something on the computer but not have everyone in the household listening with me, the Klipsch speakers come in handy.
As others have said, the mid-range is lacking and the bass is somewhat muddy compared with full range monitors or floor-standing speakers with a full size amp. But if we compare these with other $60-100 computer speakers, these are quite good. In that comparison, these actually have bass. And they actually do a good job with the overall soundstage (just be sure to angle them correctly toward your seated position).
Overall, the Klipsch are just fine. If you want great surround sound for watching DVD's on your computer, pick up a used amplifier and a set of speakers. If you want to listen to XM or Internet Radio or even a CD, these will definitely meet the need.
Great computer speakers for people not in need of surround sound October 22, 2008
M. Wang (CT United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After reconfiguring my home-office lay-out three months ago, I have gone through three sets of Logitech speakers. They are now either returned to the store or relegated to the basement storage bins. These disappointments were a surprise to me, since I had fairly low expectation on my computer speakers. They don't have to be pin-drop sharp. They don't have to have mega base. They don't have to be a surround sound system. But the latest Logitech products are so cheaply made that even I cannot tolerate the hissing and distortion in the sound.
Finally, I had no choice but to pony up for another pair of new speakers, this time from a real stereo company. This Klipsch is their low-end item but still substantially more solid in both material and sound than any of the Logitech I tried. The hissing is at least 15dB lower. The high-range is a lot more crisp. The stereo definition is very clear. Overall, it is well worth the money while its cheaper Logitech competitions are not.
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