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	6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
	Best Desktop computer speakers I could imagine own	03/10/2010
	Reviewer: Graham   from Atlanta, GA, USA
	I say the best speakers I could "imagine" owning because I'm not sure I'd make a larger investment than $200 for desktop speakers. That being said, these are the best speakers for the money. The audio range is crisp and clear, boomy and full, and everything in between. I can hear tremendous details that you typically only hear with headphones on. They produce stereo separation way better than anything I've ever heard on a desktop. Very loud (if you want them to be), clear, distortion free music. I listen to ALL types of music and these speakers perform well with everything. The only criticism I can offer the engineers would be the following: The volume control is hyper sensitive. I don't really use it because I have an external D/A converter that has a much better volume knob. The cambridge volume is too sensitive meaning, you either turn it down or up way too much with such a small movement. The same can be said about the Bass and Treble knobs on the Sub. If these knobs were less sensitive, you could much more easily fine tune those adjustments. Finally, I'd like for the bass and treble to be on the volume control (external to the sub). I have to crawl under my desk every time I want to tweak a setting. I'm trying to find a nice middle ground and then use EQs to further fine tune and offer and easier way to raise and lower bass and treble as needed. These small things are the only reason I give 4 stars instead of 5. If I had to rate the quality of the speakers, particularly with the price in mind, I'd have to give them 5 out of 5 stars. After a couple months now of listening, I'm very happy and would highly recommend these speakers to anyone.
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	157 of 312 people found the following review helpful:
	Great sound BUT inconvenient power switch	01/15/2010
	Reviewer: A viewer   from New York, NY
	I won't make redundant comments to all the other reviews--the sound is great for the price--but my one significant complaint is that the power switch is located on the subwoofer. Not particularly convenient considering the sub is almost always placed on the floor--unless you don't mind leaving it on all the time (which intuitively seems wasteful). On the MicroWorks II, the power is actually controlled with the volume knob--turn the volume all the way off and the last click is the power going off. On the MicroWorks II, the volume control also (optionally) attaches to one of the speakers which keeps it nice and neat. So I believe that the sound is better on this Extreme package, but the volume/power issues may or may not be significant to you.
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	327 of 572 people found the following review helpful:
	Very Nice System	12/15/2009
	Reviewer: Norman S.   from North America
	I just received these speakers and they are really nice. One problem - they come without any speaker wires. I called tech help and the lady was rude and cold. The guy I ordered from on the phone assured me it was a complete system, ready to go. The sound is overall very nice. I am an audiophile and a professional musician. I am using these in my office with my macbook pro - using aiff music - not mp3 garbage. I turned the highs up a touch and lows down a touch - sub is in the middle of my office as such. overall range was good. They are nice in comparison to my high end Karat Canton speakers; but obviously do not match them for absolute critical listening. But for the $$$ - they are very nice and sweet.
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	298 of 596 people found the following review helpful:
	Fills my family room with amazing sound	11/24/2009
	Reviewer: A viewer   from Portland, OR, USA
	If you are reading this review, you are trying to decide whether or not to purchase these speakers. I empathize. I was like you a few years ago. I had heard about CSW but was skeptical, because I am the kind of person who needs to see and hear stereo equipment before I buy. I finally took a $30 risk and purchased a discontinued system called the PC works to use with my office computer. I was blown away! Simply incredible. I still listen to it every day. It was only a matter of time. I now own multiple CSW systems (radio to MC300 surround system with P500 SW) and this 2.1 system is the one I listen to most. Connected to my iPod or a wireless hub, it fills my family room with the most incredible sound. You cannot find a better value! I bought this system when CSW first offered it (2/3 years ago). I still love it! You will not be able to find anything better from Bose, JBL, Klipsch, Polk, you name it, at half the price. Take the risk. You won't be sorry.
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	338 of 670 people found the following review helpful:
	Maybe the best 200 bucks I've ever spent.	11/12/2009
	Reviewer: Alan Morden   from Arcata, CA, USA
	I rarely spend money on speakers, but I spend a fair chunk of time at my computer, and while doing so often listened to music through the inexpensive and barely adequate sound system that I got for it a few years ago. I love music, and am a serious amateur acoustic musician, so it made sense to me to spend my collective birthday money on a decent sound system for my old computer, which is a basic, nothing special home computer system. And WOW, did I make the right choice when I got a Cambridge SoundWorks Extreme 2.1 Multimedia System! I enjoy listening to music now more than ever. Why? Because now the music has a depth, clarity, and complexity that it never had before. I can now discern individual players accurately, and hear all kinds of tasty details that weren't very noticeable before. The sound of the music is now richer, punchier and, well, a lot more musical. And that makes it a lot more pleasurable to listen to. This sound system is a gem; I heartily recommend it to any music lover with a couple of hundred bucks to spare; it might well rejuvinate your computer's sound, like it did mine.
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