"This is a fire hazard!" These were the first words my wife uttered when she saw what I did to the garage when I decided to resurrect my cd player and buy a new pair of speakers for my budget desktop setup. My heart said TAD!, but my wallet said Tandy, so I went with the next best thing given my meager budget. After so may delays and grandiose plans, I ended up with the little Andrew Jones designed Pioneer SP-BS22-LR's which my local Fry's has on sale for $99.00 plus tax.
Amazing what advances have been made in the last decade in budget speaker design. Very wisely executed design with surprisingly detailed and punchy sound. Of course there are trade offs - limited frequency extension, etc. but hard to complain given that the USB cable I use cost nearly the same price!
A minor miracle, is how I put it. It should not sound this good for so little money.
Notice the cardboard packing material I used for stands!
The cd player sounds a lot better than the PC-based system. Of course I plugged this into the Digibuss for better sound!