The sub will sound different in every room, you just need to make sure it isn't near your computer or external hard drives. My desk is kinda sitting in the middle of my room, so it's not the typical setup. I have my sub on the floor about 6 inches directly to my left, my satalites are then out in the corners and against the wall, so it's hard to know how it will sound if (I assume) your desk is against a wall. You'll just have to experiment, you will be able to make it sound good. To set up I'd turn the sub volume down to about 1/4, then physically move it around until you get plenty of bass at your seat.
I rarely have it loud, it's very pleasent at low volumes, and unlike many speakers the bass is still nicely balanced against the rest of the sound. You don't need to have it loud to enjoy it, but it does go really loud so for parties or just when you want to rock out(!) it's handy to have the headroom.
Go for it man, you'll like em'. Make sure your sound card has either 5.1 minijack outputs or an optical/coax digital output (bare in mind the digital and coax cables don't come with the set, you only get the 3 minijack cables).
Also, logitech say you can't extend the cable between the control unit and the sub; it is possible but I don't think anything is currently available with the correct wiring over the counter, you'd have to go to an electrical shop and get one made up. I don't know if this could cause problems with the unit itself with time, but apparently it does work, so if you really can't have the sub within 1m of the control unit there's a solution.
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