Logitech Z553 2.1 Speakers

I brought these on sale at Best Buy for $44, the price they are at right now are a absolute rip off. ($110) Logitech have discontinued these, I will take a guess in my review why that happened.
 
Okay on to the actual review.
 
Hooked up to Creative ZxR.
 
Brought these purely based on looks and because it's Logitech, I like their products! The black and red matched my new PC theme. The little excuse called the subwoofer also was nice and small and doesn't take up my foot real estate, it's quite priceless for me. That's it for the good.
 
The BAD:
 
Fatiguing! Listening to music with these for 15mins + leads to my ears being extremely angry, it just sounds bad compared to everything else I own. They were even worse when I had not broken them in yet. Took about 5hrs of burn in time and they sounded a bit better. Before the break in it sounded like the musicians were being gagged or something, it was horrible. 
 
Bass is somewhat controlled, it can go pretty deep. Mids are okay... and the highs are just absolute schiit. 
 
Sounds bad, probably why Logitech axed it.
 
Only good for gaming where I don't care about fidelity. 
 
Please do NOT buy these at the current price ($110 as of this review on Amazon) TOTAL RIP-OFF. Better off with the Z623 at this price. 
 
Anyways, the title really says it all, I mean how many people buy speakers based purely on looks?