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	21 of 40 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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	72 of 145 people found the following review helpful:
	Impressed!	10/26/2009
	Reviewer: Daniel Brown   from New Jersey, USA
	I just got the CSW Extreme 2.1 setup and I am nicely impressed. The Extreme 2.1 are all sorts of nice. Out of the box there was a lot of sub/sat separation. Only down side if not set up correctly. After just 10-15 minutes of fiddling with the bass/treble levels on the back of the sub I was able to null out the effect. After adjustments and tweaking I am *really* impressed. I have them on my PC in my office. The MC105s are just as nice as my T200s in the living room for the mid to high freq sound output. They do a nice real job as near field monitors. They are just a few feet away from my ears and sound great. With enough adjustment and the right levels the transition from sub to sat is smooth and imperceptible. But, if I turn the bass up just the slightest amount past the sweet spot you can very clearly identify the separation. So levels are important. Set to playback pretty flat they sound perfect and nail every tune I play. If you turn the bass up for big booms, the sub is very locatable. That is no good. Play back with balance and accuracy is the key. So spend a few minutes on the setup to match up levels as near as you can and you will be very happy. Don't expect giant out of proportion booms if you want a well imaged sound stage. The sub gets down low, and pretty tight. Properly adjusted levels provides very musical bass. Enjoyable music with a nice full sound. I listen to *all* music types. They take care of the job nicely, very nicely. They would really do a nice job as an entry level main sound system driven off a TV or CD player. Lots of clear sound from a small footprint. I put them through the test throwing classical, vocals, jazz, chant, psytrance, goa, rock, metal, blues at them. No complaints at all. I have advised my friends and family to grab them at this price. If you're running this on a PC in a small room they effortlessly put out enough SPL in close range to massage the ear drums. Thanks CSW!
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	275 of 543 people found the following review helpful:
	Wow, The Sound of Music on my computer !	09/04/2009
	Reviewer: Dan   from Duluth MN
	Extreme 2.1's are amazing. Musical, full mids and highs as well as a VERY solid woofer. I had to back off the bass level as this is in my home office and my kids room is directly under my office and the bass really kicks. The set up/controls were excellent with bass and treble control on the woofer box that you can set for your preferences for the room and then control volume from the wired volume control on your desk. The "satellites" are very effective 2-way speakers with the 3.5" with a tweeter. That configuration is what many PC/multimedia speakers are advertised as producing "excellent bass". . . but they don't include a woofer and rely totally on that little cone for their "full" bass. But with the cross over in the woofer, you use that 3.5 for nice full mids. Not the thin tone I heard in the Bose Companion 3's that I nearly bought (for a higher price!) Again, not just a computer speaker, these are really producing a musical-sweet tone with enough power to wake up your neighbors, if not your teenagers (unless they are trying to nab your cool new speakers!)
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	339 of 687 people found the following review helpful:
	Great sound, great price, easy set-up	08/19/2009
	Reviewer: Jim Richardson   from Amherst, MA USA
	Use these in my dining room / kitchen area with the MusicWorks CD player / tuner. Sounds great with jazz, rock and classical, although they're not great with massed strings. But listen to small-group jazz, and they just come alive. Their reproduction of acoustic piano & guitar is uncanny. For 200 bucks, you can't beat 'em.
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	705 of 1424 people found the following review helpful:
	Yes, really...	12/25/2008
	Reviewer: Graham Crosby   (crosbyg@bellsouth.net) from Cumming, GA US
	I'm a audio snob and a musician. I'm very picky about my music. This little system has it all. Amazing clarity and accurate reproduction for the money. I'll be buying a larger system for the home theater. Thanks for a fine quality product at a really good price.
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