Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm using these as computer speakers for Pandora, mp3s and DAW software; and I am enjoying the sound quality. For the sake of informing potential buyers, I'll say: With a 'normal' at home computer set-up, these are very large compared to 'normal' computer speakers, so keep that in mind. It's the trade off for superior sound, and not needing a sub-woofer, or a large box shaped power adapter plug spanning 2-3 outlets. These have a basic electrical plug (like a table lamp). I have these speakers pointing straight ahead, with the tops of them around heart level, and they sound fine. However, it is recommended by M-Audio that you have them at ear level, and angled to make an equilateral triangle with your head. I would say it's good advice, if you can pull that off. The main speaker with the connections / volume is the left speaker. You have two options for connecting these speakers with your computer. The standard 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable, which plugs into 'Aux in' on the front of the left speaker; or 3.5mm to RCA which plugs into the back of the left speaker. Both cables are included. If your computer room gets hot you might want to turn these off when you don't need them; because the left speaker produces a noticeable amount of heat from the back, after being on for hours. Honestly, it's the same amount that those big box power adapters emit; the only difference is that it's coming from the location of your speaker. == Update == 10/8/2012 =========== The right speaker stopped producing sound, on 9/21/2012, a little over a year after purchase. A month or so prior to this the right speaker started to produce a crackling sound if I changed the volume (using the knob on the left speaker) while listening to music. When I emailed m-audio about this the reply was a list of repair centers that I could contact for a "non-warranty repair". I called the one nearest to me, and they said it would be $35 to start and then $75 per hour, plus parts. That's not going to happen... I want to do business with a company that is utterly fascinated about why their product stopped working; especially when it is a recurring case, which we can see from the reviews here. M-audio doesn't seem to care. 4 stars for the sound quality I enjoyed for a year. -2 stars for breaking shortly after the warranty expired. == Update 9/19/15 == I had someone work on it for free and they found some flawed soldering. I can't tell you exactly where; however, the same problem occurred after a few months. It appears to have something to do with the RCA connection on the back. I'm now using the 3.5mm aux-in on the front of the speaker, and this bypasses the problem.