Klipsch older 5.1 stuff was actually pretty good for the time it was released, just little pricy. Creative speakers are crap, I got cheap pair that died in few years. This is what started me looking for replacement. I was using my quad altec's from '99 till I got the z906's on sale for 300.
Kinda wish z906's were 250, but could not find a better option for myself. I wanted little more juice then the x530

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Initially I thought something like Mirage MX 5.1 would be cool till I saw the price

, and would still need a receiver. The problem is picking up 5 "good" speakers + a cheap receiver is way too much. There are much better options but you are basically going into home entertainment area and would need a sound-card that supported DTSConnect/DDLive. I can live with the compromise of what I got. They work pretty well for games. If I am going to watch a movie, well I got my HTPC and a nice system for the TV.
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