Well, a few years ago, quite a lot of things sucked... Podium have proved that good sounding plastic speakers CAN be made quite inexpensively, so let's not go all Kingfrog on this thing until someone hears it, eh?

I happen to think that it won't satisfy many, but OTOH, some like Logitech's here, so the bar ain't really THAT high! I merely liked the look and form factor, and will wait to judge until someone I trust actually tries one...