I had to allow myself a new PC system because my multimedia laptop has the time blessed and because of new requirements ... there are smartphone, tablet I've gone back to a classic desktop PC solution, since I work ( Trader software, much Excel, Games (Skyrim, FarCry 4, ...) and to music hear (rock, soul, blues, pop, hip hop, a little classic, just much maintenance). A mega-PC under the desk and a 21 :. 9 Ultra Wide-screen with built-in 7W speakers The really bring crystal clear sound over HDMI from the graphics card NVIDIA and you can via Windows Media Player settings even rum-tuning ... not bad, but it is not enough grip. Now the Bose Companion 20 system .... many Resezenten have indeed illuminates the part from all directions and who makes my purchase decision. I can not give much new input but my impressions .... Processing is perfect and high quality, the Soundregelpad is awesome, you would like to attack, the volume can be continuously adjusted without Poti screening ==> PERFECT, cheeping in standby, I did not. Without sound card settings comes the hoped effect bez. more volume compared to the PC monitor speakers only at slightly higher volumes about, but then impressive. Conclusion: Bose have to like and used effectively ... I have found that the Bose in conjunction with the settings of my sound card (Asus Realtek) Me quieter volume music experience in a class allows and is exactly what it has been designed ... no subwoofer bass cube which also must be accommodated somewhere and great sound in "low volume" incl. space effects, ie for example in any song suggests a bat Felt 3m left of the monitor to ... Perfect. At the purists ... yes Bose "falsified" the original sound and "bend" him to an artificial sound experience, but that is absolutely awesome, the bass is impressive, the bass cube does not come off to me and I wanted anyway no, I do not have a Hall sonication, but exactly the opposite ... the PC space sound good with music, games, movies enjoy. Final Conclusion: Perfect, but the sound experience depends on many parameters ... quality of sound files, playback, sound card hardware and software, apart from that you can do nothing wrong with BOSE ... above-mentioned reasons apply to each PC speaker system and BOSE right time from the mainstream and that's not bad per se ... but sufficient for these claims, if one really wants to hear you need eh HiFi headphones around all issues bez. Room installation, damping / reflections to eliminate due to materials etc ....