Thanks for all the replies! Is it worth upgrading? In other words spending $120 for another set of speakers. I was under the impression that both are 40w sets, the soundsticks II have a 20w sub and 10w per channel/speaker, but does that mean that it is actually 10w for each little speaker on the sticks, or for the stick as a whole? And then the JBL creature speakers have a 24w sub and 2 8w speakers, putting it at 40w. So, the sub on the creatures have more output which I like, but if overall the soundsticks are better I will get some.