O rite, so lik... I spent the entire damn day hooking up my sound stuff. What did I get? Some stuff that's about on par with Best Buy's Insignia line. They ran me about $20 per pair.
There were actually 4 boxes, but I took two into my room and opened them there at my leisure.
This is a speaker. It speaks. That is a box on the left. The speaker on the right was in that box on the left. The box is included because the speaker shipped in that box.
But what happens when it's sub Vs. cat? Well, the sub is a

ing monster (much bigger than I'd ancticipated) and...
Take yo clothes off, ho
Now lemme see jo naked azz
That's a 325 watt amp built into the sub.
To put things into perspective (moreso than the cat example), here's my new sub Vs. my current sub hooked up to my computer with the Logitech Z-640 5.1 system currently used by many CAGs.
The center channel
Take that off and let me see yo pair, bitch. Lest I rape you.
Noo don't rape me!
BITCH IMA STICK IT IN BOTH YO HOLES
IMA BISEXUAL MOTHA

A, SO IM TAKIN IT IN D' AZZ
As you can see, Mr. Receiver is being raped by about 45 wires.
HENTAI TENTACLE RAPE ORGY. LET US

!
Soo naughty.
Uhm... so yeah, the sound setup is moderately successful. It sounds nice. I like it. Really though, good surround sound is one of those things you underestimate and don't think you need until you've experienced it. Kinda like getting glasses or rape.