Looking for a new Speaker system?

Hi, I'm looking to buy a new speaker system just to listen to music from my iphone 5. I don't listen to music at home purely because I don't have any speakers.

My budget is under $100, so I'm not looking for anything massive. But I'm looking for something with a subwoofer that can deliver the best bass possible for that price, without skimping out on the other speakers which play the highs/mids. It only needs to make a 10'X10' room sound awesome.

They would be used for a lot of rap and heavy bass electronic music (Don't judge my music tastes).

Like I said, I'm not expecting an amazing speaker system. But just something that will last a long time with no issues that has good bass and good highs/mids. I'm not really looking for my house to shake, but things falling off the shelf would be nice. Thanks for any help you can provide, because I have no idea what I'm doing!

You should not expect too much for that budget! Certainly not shelf vibrations for which you really need a separate amp to drive any reasonably good speakers.

I purchased high end speakers to listen to music (but from high quality sources rather than compressed sources) so am basing these comments on that comparison.

However you should not necessarily look for very good bass from a small system, the brain is quite good at imagining good bass from smaller speakers and distortion is far more critical.

My PC has logitek self powered speakers that are quite good (even though a big difference is noted when I playback the same on hi-fi). The recently available speakers that are only a few $ called mini speakers (such as the X2 mini speakers) or mini travel speakers are surprisingly good for the price.
I'm not in the States so do not know what is available there but you probably can't go far wrong if you buy some sony or Bose speakers designed for your need too.

Your budget is a sad joke.

For that price, you are not going to get anything good. I would recommend building your own speakers. Hands down the best sounding book shelf speakers you will ever hear that cost under $150 are the Overnight Sensation. If your not afraid of doing a little bit of soldering and painting, check them out at http://www.parts-express.com/overnight-sensations-mt-speaker-kit-pair--300-706. They even have a video where you can see how they are built.

Total price $116, not including shipping:

Creative Inspire T12 2.0 powered speakers, $45,

http://www.amazon.com/...0028N6YH0/

Monoprice 8248, 8 Inch 60-Watt powered subwoofer, $54.69,

http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=109&cp_id=10906&cs_id=1090602&p_id=8248

Radio Shack 42-2570, 1/8" stereo y-adapter, $7.99,

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103870

SCOSCHE I6RCA35A, 3.5mm Stereo to 2 RCA adapter cable, $8.25,

http://www.ebay.com/...0798522456

That's about the best you'll do with $100.It's a pretty ordinary pair of computer speakers, but then you patch in a small powered subwoofer to play with.

Both devices should be compatible with splitting the signal one time, though you'll need to nudge the volume controls higher (which may increase noise).