It's hard to say. I've always used headphones so I know what they're supposed to sound like with the proper material. Speakers always sound boomy and boxy to me.

I bought a pair of Sennheizers for $150 and they sucked so bad I wrote to the company cause I thought they were defective. Didn't like Sony very much either.
Right now I've got a pair of Koss something or others (can't see the model number for the duct tape :)
I've used them for about 3 years now and through a lot of trial and error I thought I was finally getting a good sound out of em...

I dunno.... you tell me. How do these sound on a decent system through actual speakers?

http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/Stargate.mp3
http://s93744050.onlinehome.us/mp3/Rocksplosion.mp3

... or more specifically, if they sound like crap, what do ya have to do with your settings to make em sound ok?

To me they sound a little bass shy and kinda harsh sounding... although some of that has to do with converting down to mp3. Other than that I don't have a clue how to get a clearer sound with what I've got other than maybe spending a lot more time on eq'ing each instrument to its own frequencies. It's either that or upgrade all my equipment again.