Also in the Dynaudio room, Mike Manousselis was jazzed like Attention Screen over his small and wily desktop computer speakers, the sharp MC15s ($1299/pair). First spotted at CES, these active minis, featuring two integrated 50W amplifiers, were born from Dynaudio's pro-audio technologies, explained Manousselis.

Playing modest MP3s from Mike's new laptop, the MC15s had absolutely no right to sound as good as they did.

Playing MP3?! Say what? Oh, no he d'in't!

Oh, yes. He did. Intensely fun nearfield listening.