For $99, these are great. They fit well on my desk, are incredibly loud, and match my color scheme perfectly. Unfortunately, these tend to have a bad reputation. About a year into owning them one of them started cutting out on me randomly. Now it's a miracle if both of them end up working at the same time. However, it's not like the non-sounding one doesn't work at all. There's a switch on the back of the one with the volume knob to use when switching its location to left or right, which when flipped, causes the other one to work just fine. I'd rate this 4 stars out of 5, but I've emailed Mackie twice about this issue many months apart and have not received a response either time.

A bit expensive for speakers, but they do stand for the price. They sound great with really kicking bass for music. And very wide sound stage for movies and ambience in games.

Great speakers. Music producers have said that these would make decent studio monitors, but they're the price of normal computer speakers. An awesome deal for people like me, musicians or audiophiles who don't have a bazillion dollars to spend on studio gear.