For the last eight years, my speakers of choice have been the same compact Logitech Z213 2.1 speaker system that currently retails at $50/£55. That must mean I don't care that much about sound, right?

Yeah definitely didn't mean to imply I've been using the same set for 20 years. I started with the 4.1 channel version, which is no longer produced. Replaced with full size towers at some point. Then ...

Being the technophile that I am, time and time again my friends have asked me which set of speakers they should look into. Most of them have 2.1 speaker systems that came with their computers, so ...