Monsoon Planar Media 9 LCD Flat Panel Speaker

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Summary: Awesome sound quality
Review: The Monsoon Planar Media 9 speakers are an incredible deal. For the money you get 2 flat panel speakers (Monsoon is known for its flat panel technology) and one subwoofer. The subwoofer rolls out smooth bass with any type of music and cranked all the way up. Surprisingly when the volume was all the way up the bass did not distort. The flat panel speakers also did not distort at any volume level. They produced awesome highs and very decent mids. I would say this system surprised me because I would expect flat panels to distort at high volume levels. Overall the system rocks and its strong points are some types of music and games.

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Summary: Incredible speakers
Review: The quality of the sound is superb. I could write about the sound qualities, however, everyone is different as it pertains to what they hear. All I can say is that I don not listen to Rap, or country. I listen to classical rock, oldies, classical, jazz and celtic music. Each music style have wonderful responces in the low, med, and high audio ranges. I have found the subwoofer provides more than enough bass for the music that I listen to. Conclusion: these speaker will provide you a wonderful range sounds with little to no distortion. If you want the loud thumping bass that blow your ear drums, this will not do it.

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Summary: Monsoon is out of business!
Review: There is no support for these speakers or any other Monsoon Speaker sets. I got these speakers which gave me an excellent sound right out of my laptop, but I was sitting in my room one day and bumped the plug on the included wired remote and it pulled right out and stripped the input. They are now sitting at my home unable to be used because I can't get a replacement control. If you buy this product you will not be able to get accessories. I purchased this at Circuit City after the company was out of business and they did not tell me that! Be extra careful if you chose to get monsoon!

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Summary: great speakers
Review: these are the best computer speakers i have ever owned. they make everything sound great. the base on these speakers is unreal. the only down side is the amp is big. other than that they are great

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Summary: Expected a Lot, Still Surprised
Review: These things are mind-blowing. Not long after getting them, I put on a recording of some Haydn Piano Sonatas I'd had literally for 15 years. I had always thought the sound of the piano was not that great on the recording. Through these things, it was as if I'd never heard the disc. I disagree about a lack of midrange. They are by far the best speakers I've ever had and at the price, an insane value.

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Summary: Excellent value for music or games
Review: This is an excellent set of 2.1 speakers for the price. I had a set of inexpensive Cambridge Soundworks 2.1 speakers which are ok for games - or music if you're not too picky about sound quality. They had great thumping bass for those explosions, but not what you want to hear for good quality music listening. I did a lot of searching for something that would be primarily for music and purchased these on the recommendation of several on the net. ... However, I think any 2.1 system in this price range is going to be a bit shy on the midrange and this set is no exception. ... they don't have the mid punch of a decent set of stereo speakers. But then, that's not what they are designed to do. 2.1 systems like this are designed to sound as good as they can while taking minimal space on a computer desktop, and having plenty of bass kick to add impact to computer games. This set hits that nail on the head while moving a step up to provide very good quality music listening as well. I think this set falls at the high quality end of the 2.1 range, equaling the sound of much more expensive units. If you want top notch stereo sound, buy stereo speakers and be prepared for them to take up a lot of space. Otherwise, buy these babies and you'll be a happy camper. Great dynamic range, better mid range than most 2.1's, full sounding at low volumes, takes the high volume end without faltering - this set won't disappoint. Oh ... and it sounds good on games too :-)

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Summary: Great sound, but....
Review: When I bought these speakers I was very, very pleased with the quality of sound and the sleak design. Unfortunately, after about three months I started getting distortion even at very low volume levels. I talked to a speaker salesman that said I probably just got some lemons. A contributing problem is that I cannot get in touch with Monsoon. Their site is down [www.monsoonpower.com] and their new site has been "coming soon" for several weeks now [www.monsoonaudio.com]. Now I am stuck with once awesome, but now terrible sounding speaker.

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Summary: Excellent Value
Review: While theses speakers are not well suited to filling up a large space with big sound, they are great for listening to music on your computer. The flat panel satellite speakers produce remarkably crisp highs, and the sub delivers solid base. The one shortcoming is in the midrange which is not well represented, but this is not terribly noticeable. The remote mute, volume, and bass controls are very useful. Bottomline: for the price, it's a great value.

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Summary: Excellent Value
Review: While theses speakers are not well suited to filling up a large space with big sound, they are great for listening to music on your computer. The flat panel satellite speakers produce remarkably crisp highs, and the sub delivers solid base. The one shortcoming is in the midrange which is not well represented, but this is not terribly noticeable. The remote mute, volume, and bass controls are very useful. Bottomline: for the price, it's a great value.