Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy C
...mine are going in the garage as well. I think people WANT these to sound really good due to the visual appeal.

Well, they aren't bad (for a fifty), just not that good :*)
I hooked them up today to my secondary system and they're actually decent speakers. I have a cheap Sherwood 2 channel reciever and a $90 Sony carousel CD player in my garage and these speakers sound much better than I expected for $45.I'm not nearly as experienced as a lot of people here are but it seems that certain speaker designs just work better than others and these speakers fall into that category.I think you would have to spend at least $150 to get a pair of speakers that sound significantly better than these.I took the grills off almost immediately as they look sharp without them. Anyway I would definitely recommend them as the worst case scenario is returning them to Best Buy which is a lot easier than returning speakers to most Audio shops.I just ordered a Pair of Quad 22L floorstanders for my main system to replace a pair of B&W 703's that didn't work for me.The B&W's were way too bright for me and after a lot of speaker hunting I think I have made a good choice with the Quads as they have a much more neutral sound.This is a decision I'm sweating out a whole lot more than whether or not the Insignias sound good for $45.