"Pink_isn't_well" wrote ...
dpierce wrote :
They know next to nothing about loudspeakers, only how
to make a whole bunch of anything at the lowest possible price.

I see. Is this true even for the more expensive systems, ranging $300
- $500? Or just for the cheap systems like mine?

Define "more expensive systems". As far as I have seen ANYTHING
intended for the "computer speaker market" suffers from this problem
regardless of selling price.

"Computer speakers" as a class are held in low regard in these circles.
I've never seen any that even aspired to having a decent frequency
response. Glitz, thump, and number of channels/speakers seems far
more important than audio quality.

Even historically prestigious names in audio history like Altec have
been sold off to the highest bidder and are now put on toy plastic
computer speakers. How the mighty have fallen. James B Lansing
just be spinning in his grave.