Hamish Hayward
Boost your sounds with desktop computer speakers.
PC desktop speakers usually suck. Most of the ones you see in electronics stores center around a particle board subwoofer and satellite speakers that remind me (and sometimes sound like) the cups with string tied to them that you used to play 'telephone' with when you were a kid.
Few things in life are as important as good music. But as you've probably noticed, that music only sounds as good as the system it's playing through. Many PCs and Macs don't come with very good speakers. And that's to say nothing of the tiny built-in drivers found in most laptops.
Most home-theater setups include a TV, cable box, DVD or Blu-ray player, and maybe a gaming console - and more and more people are adding a digital set-top box like the Roku or Apple TV. But your big flat screen can only produce so much sound.
Philips is following up on the success of its Fidelio sound bar with a component speaker system that features fully wireless, battery-powered surround speakers. The system doesn't include a center channel, but is otherwise extremely versatile, offering Bluetooth wireless and several wired audio connections.
