The Alesis 520 speakers are extremely high quality in appearance, build quality, and especially sound. These are WAY better than Klipsch Promedia 2.1 or probably any other multimedia computer speakers like Logitech, etc. These are SERIOUS speakers. They have a lot of power and a beautiful, precise, masterful, detailed, realistic sound. They work great with my PC and my Xbox 360. I'm not a recording musician. I just bought these for my PC and xbox 360 for general usage. I wanted something much better than regular computer speakers but smaller than full size speakers. On songs and games that have a strong base component, these speakers put out a pretty strong base. The base on these is somewhat comparable to a subwoofer, but doesn't go quite as loud or or low as a good subwoofer. Nevertheless, the base is rather impressive and strong for speakers of this size. The more I listen to these speakers the more I like them. One thing that really stands out about these speakers is that you can really hear the higher pitched sounds very well. This is the big weakness of small computer speakers. They have lousy tweeters or no tweeters at all. But on my Alesis 520's, I can hear the cymbals, rain, ocean waves, snare drum, and other high pitched sounds really well, whereas on small computer speakers those sounds were very weak or inaudible. Also, with these speakers I can hear FAR more detailed information in the music and games and it is FAR more realistic. I can hear so many things I didn't hear before in music and videogames. The sound is so much more sophisticated and richer. I can hear the instruments and other things the way that they REALLY sound, which is stylish and impressive. It gives you more of a feeling that you are there, hearing things LIVE. Everything sounds much more realistic and detailed on the Alesis 520's than on the Klipsch 2.1 speakers and probably all other computer/multimedia speakers out there. The one drawback of these speakers I've found so far is that they are very directional. They sound fantastic if you have them directly pointed at your head and at the same level as your ears. Also the distance between them should be the same as the distance from them to your ears. If you move away from the ideal position, then they don't sound as good. I still love these speakers anyway. They are definitely the most expensive and best speakers by far that I have had on my desktop. The magnetic shielding also results in no interference with my CRT monitor. By the way, the lights on top of the speakers are a beautiful blue and the on/off switches are super nice quality. Even though the base is very good, I still would ideally like a little more oomph so I probably will buy a $200 Yamaha subwoofer that looks like a good one to get. So I will have spent about $400 total, which is more than your typical desktop 2.1 speaker system, but REALLY worth it. You get great bang for the buck. The quality FAR surpasses lesser desktop speakers. I was worried about music not being pleasing on these speakers, since they are studio monitors and produce a "flat" frequency response, but it's OK, music still sounds great on them, and the xbox 360 videogame Halo 3 sounds AWESOME on them. However, some songs sound better than others. Some songs don't need me to turn on the EQ in winamp, while some songs do because they lack excitement. Also, if you have a poor quality audio file or video, then you will REALLY hear the poorness of the quality on these monitors much more than on lesser speakers. I think other speakers try to make everything sound good, but the Alesis 520, being a studio monitor, reveals to you what things honestly sound like. If the recording is great, it's going to sound great. If the recording is poor, it's going to sound poor. These speakers just tell it like it is, rather than trying to make everything sound better than it actually is. These speakers just give you an honest sound. If you are serious about wanting high quality sound, I would highly recommend Alesis 520 over any computer/multimedia type speakers. $200 is cheap for what you get, which is a pair of extremely serious speakers. Also these speakers are the biggest I can put on my desktop. Forget Logitech and Klipsch. They are a joke compared to Alesis.
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