I have had this set of 4.1 speakers for MANY years. I have had this set of speakers connected to a computer, either at home or at work, for the entire time and I have never had a major problem with them.  The one problem I had was that I got a dirty connection in my volume control knob, so I went to Radio Shack and picked up a $4 tube of electrical component lubricant and applied it to the volume control knob. After about thiry or forty turns of the knob, the lubricant worked into the mechanism and fixed the problem about 90%. There is still a tiny amount of static when you turn the volume knob, but there is no effect after you are done changing the volume.

Since I've purchased these speakers they've taken me through some of the greatest games in history: Half Life, Half Life 2, Doom 3, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Far Cry, and countless others. They have blasted out my music (they sound especially great for Classical music) and powered the sounds of three huge parties (including one wedding!) without ever throwing me a curveball.

I love these speakers. I saw the tremendously negative guide on these speakers and I owe it to the speakers and to the eBay community as a whole to tell you that THESE ARE GREAT SPEAKERS! Crank them up for high-volume fun without distortion. They'll rock your walls and they'll never bat an eyelash. ;)

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