Actually, I'm running the speakers off of an Onkyo usb hub-I/O device. The power requirements for audio are fairly substantial so a high powered hub is needed if you are planning to run the speakers off any peripheral. -----Original Message----- From: "Abigail Kelly"<abimygatt at yahoo.com> Sent: 6/3/04 6:45:16 AM I thought I remembered that the keyboard always needed to be hooked directly to the cube, not the speakers