Harmon made a big splash with their iSub SoundSticks way back in 2000. I immediately dug their slightly mutant jelly fish appearance.

I recently saw their new joint effort with JBL. No surprises here, the Creature II ceramic speakers are really a great execution of design. The series also come in Black, Aluminum and Red. It has a mini-stereo jack so you can hook it up to your mp3 player, computer or portable stereo.

It retails for $129.99 but can be found for less on amazon.com.

This is a very tempting excuse to fight the winter blues by buying new equipment, even if -- or maybe because -- they look a little like the ghosts from Pac-Man.