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i have the M3 computer speakers and they sound fine for the speaker they are. As some have put they are a bit more bright, but are you using them for critical listening to music, or as a more general computer speaker?

I have some serious faults with the Computer Speakers. They put the controls on the back of the speaker. This might be fine for someone who doesn't want to set or change the volume, or is happy with how the computer does volume control for you. But for me with a Mac, the speakers are seen as a DAC and thus don't have any volume control as its assumed by Apple that a DAC doesn't need it. Keep that in mind.

I use them more like Trevor, in they are easy to pull out and put outside when I have some friends over and want to listen to music and have it sound good. (I find a bluetooth portable speaker just doesn't cut it)

I moved for my computer to getting an external USB headphone dac that has it's own volume control. I have a number of no longer used receivers and just bought a set of regular speakers to plug in. As needs changed, or more space and 'WAF' came into play, I have used everything from a small 50watt amp to a 250watt class A-B with Bi-Amp connections that sounded quite sweet but was a source of many arguments... 'turn that racket down...' I have a pair of M3 and M5HP speakers. Sure the M5 do sound better for critical listening, but the M3 speakers give me just as much enjoyment. I will bet the M2 speakers would as well. I just never got them so I don't have any point of reference to say.

I think that you really need to say what you are looking to get out of the setup. What are the limitations or requirements that you are trying to meet? No sense in overkill, but don't sell yourself short or limit yourself for future needs.