I have professional level speakers on my stereo, and I have a 'real one' of those. So, I'm picky. I had great speakers on my Apple years ago, I mean wonderful, so I thought when I read the reviews on this, that was what I was getting. Alas, they aren't even as good as the ones that CAME with my 12 year old PC, and that I used since on every computer. But, they are okay. They sound okay, they do their job (UTubes, etc.), But fabulous...not so much!