Not just the Brits. 
 
http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/built-in-computer-speakers-now-britons-most-popular-way-to-listen-to-music-632336
 
When ever I ask some to checkout my music I almost always say on proper speakers... 

That's why giving your bass some kind of Maxxbass style treatment is so important these days. 

sharke
That's why giving your bass some kind of Maxxbass style treatment is so important these days. 

I'm still hoping that at some point, we will stop ruining art in an attempt to accommodate the lowest common denominator.

I wonder how those classic rock albums of the 70's would have sounded if they'd been mixed to accommodate the people who made mix tapes on crappy systems at home... 

I play my music on my computer speakers . . . It sounds really good, apart from my DAW PC's which have Studio monitors, my laptop for the net, and one of my other Desktop's which also does the net has these computer speakers
 

I seem to make a lot of comments about low end when I listen to song forums. 
I usually listen on my system and headphones before I comment or if a work using PC speakers, I will let the writer know that. Sometimes I just comment on the song.
 
It does feel like there are many listeners that really can't comment on frequency because of how they listen before they comment. 
 
Not a bad thing but I am with Rain about trying to accomodate the lowest common denoninator. It is pretty low!

This is the only place I listen to music. 

 
Now, playing back music for casual purpose is a different thing.
Downstairs, I use a pair of these to play music when we have people over... 

And we have one of these in the gym. My lovely lady loves the fact that it's Blue Tooth and she can stream music from her phone. Me I still prefer to use a cable, as there is an audible difference, even when using something as lofi as this.
 

I still use a proper stereo system for actually listening to music, but the Computers I use on the net also do a little gaming, thus I like to have a largish sound all around me, also a benefit for listening to music etc on the net. But I still prefer a decent stereo in front of a comfy couch, doors and windows shut, aircon on and volume up.
 
I think back in the old days there wasn't that option of mp3 players and all the whizzbangery of today, it was either Records, Taps, CD's and basically requiring a stereo system of some sort. You still had no control over the quality of the listeners stereo system. But today, it's a different story, and everything must move along with the trends whether it's good or bad.

I've been using my Alesis M1 Actives AS my computer speakers for about three months now and they sound great.  

For the songs forum I (99% of the time) listen on my Sennheiser HD-600s.
 

Years ago I used to have a pretty good hifi system - all vintage (70's) stuff apart from the CD player. Had some old Sharp speakers from the early 70's which sounded absolutely incredible. Great big whacking sand-weighted speaker stands positioned away from the wall. I've had friends with expensive audiophile systems so I'm familiar with the audiophile sound. 
 
However none of them sounded as good as the setup I have now - streaming from Spotify through ARC2, out of my Equator Audio D5's. Even though one of them is faulty, has a hissing sound and is a little quieter than the other one to the point where I have to adjust the balance. Even though they're on a shelf, next to a wall, in a room which is completely untreated and has a couple of crazy low end resonances. 
 
ARC2 is what does it. Even in the face of all of these less than ideal factors, the music I listen to sounds more balanced, more detailed, more focused and more three dimensional than anything I've heard in the past. It makes me wonder just how amazing my old hi-fi could have sounded if I'd have been able to route the sound through ARC.