I was disappointed because they had raving reviews mostly - and they were presumably reviewed at their recommended retail price of ~110-160AUD. To be honest they actually sound pretty damn good for their price.

But then there's also the case of hiss when the audio is off. I've had cheaper speakers in the past that were otherwise sonically inferior, but were at least silent when they were meant to be. This is supposedly a common flaw in "powered speakers", but none of the powered speakers I've owned had this problem.