Behringer MS16 Active Personal Monitor System  

It has everything you need, i was even surprised when it came with the cables to hook it up to my Macbook.  I figured I would have to spend more money to get the right cables, so I was greatly appreciative.  I wanted a good set of speakers to record and monitor through Logic Pro becuase the labtop speakers were just not very good at all.  Get both stereo speakers, two mixed inputs (say computer and Ipod) and it has dedicated EQ and volume on the unit which is a plus.

They are friggin heavy!! Way more than I expected, German's have always made good speakers and these are no exception, big heavy magnets and a great build quality, no complaints so far.

Awesome, all I needed was a little more punch to monitor my bass response on the songs I'm working on and make sure the EQ was right where I wanted it to be.  I was surprised when it inspired me to do even more and I was able to tweak the EQ to exactly where I wanted it, so to me it did everything I asked it to and more, it gets loud, really loud and the cool thing is if your playing say the drums and bass as a loop, then they come more out of the right speaker and the mids (guitar) that I'm playing comes out fo the left.  Everything is clear and easy to hear it's perfect, I can't imagine any more expensive one doing more.  

I can't see why people were complaining there was no bass response when I first set them up I had them on my coffee table and a cup of water on a coaster, the bass was so loud and just on an apple loop that it was vibrating the water.  If you can EQ it yourself (granted it takes a while) then you should be fine.  This is a great start to a studio and you won't be dissapointed.  Don't use it one time like these people have and say oh it has no sound or bass, because I turned the volume up rolled the bass about 5 and the trebles from 5-8 and it sounded just like the models were supposed to so I can't complain, hope it helps, it's a good price point for a good quality piece of studio equipment.  

They are inexpensive speakers, what did I expect?  I'll admit I was disappointed by the lack of bass response, but others have mentioned it, so I should have been ready for that.  These are basically plastic computer speakers, so if you're looking for more than that, do a little more shopping.