I have a friend that once played in a four piece country band. At the beginning of his performances he would come up to the mic and at the top of his lungs would yell "Lets git this party goin'. We ain't good--but danmed we're loud!" Most of the poor or marginal players I've come across over the years were in the same category. Those that could not read an audience if their lives were at stake would slowly but surely crank up the volume to rediculously high levels in hopes of garnering some type of crowd response. Same was true with DJ's that couldn't put anyone on the dancefloor because they were playing Hip Hop to an audience of 50 to 70 year olds--crank up the volume until it drove everyone out of the venue.

Diki, have you ever tried the Logitech Z-5500 system? You'll find that even at Boost 11, which is the highest volume setting, the system does not distort. But, it will blow out the windows. I wouldn't classify the Logitech systems as toys, either. But, this is getting silly. I'm not going to convince you that small speakers are here to stay and that sound systems are changing--you'll have to discover this on your own.

Good Luck,

Gary