There was a time, not long ago, when the terms "high-quality" and "computer speakers" were seldom used together. If one desired reasonably good sound from their computer, they spent $100 to $200 on something like a Logitech or Klipsch 2.1 setup and called it good enough. Things have changed since then and the MM-1 from Bowers and Wilkins was among the earliest models to offer serious sound to match their good looks. That was nearly 3 years ago - are they still relevant today?

This is a really great little speaker, and truth be told I was smitten with the design even before I heard it. The LS50's swept-back, curved baffle, with a single rose gold Uni-Q KEF driver gives the speaker a fresh new look. The LS50 is KEF's 50th Anniversary Commemorative Model, and it's very much a twenty first century speaker.

Audyssey, best known for their room correction solutions, enters the personal audio market with a pair of powered speakers. Dubbed "Lower East Side", or LES for short, these compact monitors aim to deliver big sound by fusing quality hardware with proprietary Audyssey processing. Do they succeed? Read on to find out.

Oh boy! I loves me some nice desktop speakers.

You never get over your first, and the Audioengine A2 was my first computer speaker. Other speakers came and went, but the little A2 was my original desktop "reference."

There was something magical about the little guy, and it wasn't what I would call a high-resolution speaker, but it made most things, including low bit rate streaming audio, sound decent. A year later the Audioengine P4 replaced the A2 on my desktop, and now I'm checking out the A5+. It's bigger than the other 'engines, but what about the sound?