oh my, i js came across to this thread, honestly, in my point of view, I have been using Inspire 5200, 5.1 since 2004, i still feel the clarity is sharp, not comparing the bass though if you would ask me, it cost me almost 500 that time,

and now my volume control is not working i was finding any seller and by chance i came here, maybe i was lucky as mine has no defects as mention like turning of by itself e.t.c.

I js bought edifier HSC2300..man i can feel the diff of the clarity, i steel feel creative clarity if good even for blu ray movies but edifier is good on bass with low frequency.

Rather than bashing each other brand, why not just test it with audio which can stress those speakers from low frequency music 20hertz till 150 both treble and bass,

and seriously? i don't think one can differentiate a good/bad speaker in a pc fair with those surrounding noise....