Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth

BTW, I would never use one of those home theater in a box setups like above. The subwoofers you get are garbage, the speaker enclosures are usually made of plastic and only sound OK for watching movies. If you try to crank music they sound like ass.

Save up the extra cash and get a separate receiver. Then you can upgrade the speakers as you see fit and get a REAL subwoofer. Not those crappy ported midbass woofers they usually throw in with those HTIBs.

edit: Ugh, didn't realize you were using a laptop.