Speaker Tests: JBL Creature III, Spyro + harman/kardon Soundsticks II

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If one big name was missing from our range of speaker tests, it was the Harman International group: we might test the headphones produced by its AKG subsidiary regularly, but it's been a while since we listened to PC speakers from JBL or haman/kardon.

That's something we're fixing today, with three 2.1 speaker systems on test.  JBL has some rather unusual-looking speakers: one set is styled uncannily like Darth Vador's helmet, while the other takes its inspiration from nature with floral shapes and bright colours.  From harman/kardon, we've got version II of its famous Soundsticks.

> Test: JBL Creature III
> Test: JBL Spyro
> Test: harman/kardon Soundsticks II

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