“Even if you do not go to the extreme of hooking up a turntable, the Audioengine 5 is still smart enough to find the oasis in the MP3 desert. As billed, it’s well suited to compressed music formats, not only getting good bass out of them, but a pragmatically sculpted midrange, as well. It’s also revealing enough to get the best out of better signal sources, up to and including analog. And the speakers look as beautiful as they sound, quirks and all. If you want your desktop to exude bohemian chic, the Audioengine 5 is my current favorite choice in desktop music systems.” —— soundandvision.com