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Monster is not rocking my world. I called, asked for customer service, and was shunted directly to voicemail. "Hi, my stuff got zapped while plugged into your thing. I want to use the warranty. Call me." One hour later, no call back.

Also, turns out my computer speakers got fried. I thought I might want to get a pair of those snazzy Monsoon speakers, but the company is out of business. You can find them on eBay, but there appear to be numerous complaints of the "volume puck" failing and leaving the system for dead. Grumble. Any recommendations on computer speakers? I only need a 2.1 system, but it would be nice if it had decent fidelity. I don't need any kind of digital input, since my standard rig uses an external USB sound card.