The Sony SRS-A205 speakers are pretty good, easy to set up and use, decent sound and hard wearing (when I go on holiday abroad I take them with me with my mp3 player and they've taken a right bashing). For the same money you could get a 2.1 system with a sub. most cheap 2.1 systems are rubbish though having no mid range and terrible bass anyways. So if your on a budget id get these, if not spend the extra on a decent 2.1 system