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Wednesday, January 07th 2009
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Logitech Z Cinéma Advanced Surround Sound System--2.1 Speakers
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List Price: $299.99
Our Price: $109.99
Your Save: $ 190.00 ( 63% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Logitech
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Logitech
Color: Silver
EAN: 0097855047618
Feature: Box Content - 2 satellites, 1 subwoofer Speakers, Wireless remote control, USB cable, AC power Cable (each 1.8 m), CD-ROM with Logitech Z Cinema software, and User's guide
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Logitech
Manufacturer: Logitech
Model: 980-000085
Publisher: Logitech
Special Features: nv:Speaker Type^Computer Speakers|Speaker Setup^3 - speakers|Connectivity^Headphone Output Jack
Studio: Logitech
Warranty: 2 years warranty
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Features
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Box Content - 2 satellites, 1 subwoofer Speakers, Wireless remote control, USB cable, AC power Cable (each 1.8 m), CD-ROM with Logitech Z Cinema software, and User's guide
110-watts RMS into 4 ohms at 45Hz Subwoofer
26-watts RMS x 2 into 4 ohms at 335Hz Midwoofer
9-watts RMS x 2 into 16 ohms at 17.4khz Tweeter
System Requirements - Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, or Windows Vista Ultimate Edition, USB port, CD-ROM drive, 256MB RAM, and 20MB free space
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Logitech Z-Cinema PC Speakers
Comment: Just a quick comment. I like the sound output and quality - it's fine for the room I have my system in.
Howver, what I don't like is that I cannot adjust teh volume unless I am logged into windows - don't know why that is.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Hey Logitech... Bass != Sound Quality!!
Comment: I'll start off by saying that even though my review of these speakers is pretty critical, I don't think they're awful, although they're not good either. If I had to do it over again, I would pass on these speakers. I didn't buy from Amazon and they're pretty heavy so I'd take such a hit returning them or ebaying them that I found a way to live with the faults.
Probably my biggest problem with these speakers is that they suffer from a common problem cheap speaker syndrome - speaker manufacturers tend to overemphasize the bass to make up for lack of sound quality. These are no exception. The highs from the sats aren't that bad, but there's really no mid range to speak of. To compensate, the bass is just overwhelming. It actually works okay if you're watching an action movie or something, but for say, classical music or talk radio, it's incredibly annoying. Unless you turn the bass all the way off all you hear is a constant "thump-thump-thump" from the subwoofer, even at low volumes. The only way to get around this is to completely turn down the bass and then all you're left with is highs. To me this is the deal-breaker. I use these speakers when I work. My routine includes sports talk in the morning and classical music for when I need to concentrate. They suck for those purposes.
Another problem is the volume (as many other people have mentioned). It just doesn't get that loud. Crank everything up and it's loud, but not "turn it to 11" loud. Kind of disappointing.
I bought these speakers because of the USB functionality. My laptop has the headphone jack on the front and I didn't want to connect that way. Unfortunately while it does do USB, it doesn't do it well. I'm running Vista Home Premium 64 and I find that occasionally I'll have to restart Windows to get the speakers to work if I unplug them and plug them back in. It doesn't happen all that often, but seeing as how I've never had to restart after plugging in headphones, one is too many. Who knows, it could be a Vista issue, but either way it still happens.
Finally the cords. What the hell were they thinking??? Both sat's use some sort of proprietary connection and the cords are WAY too short. The left speaker uses what looks to be like 2 RCA plugs next to each other and the right speaker uses what can only best be described as a serial cable. What happens if you want to move your speakers further away from the sub? I suppose you're SOL.
What's good about these speakers? As I said the highs aren't bad and if you're listening to the right medium the bass doesn't overwhelm. It's also nice that it's got a headphone jack as well as an aux input. I haven't tried the SRS stuff, but I suppose I'll add that to the list of pro's.
Relative to the price I paid ($99 incl shipping), they do offer a lot of features and decent performance, just not as good as some people here are claiming. I wouldn't pay more than that and would absolutely recommend anyone find an alternative at the MSRP ($300!!!!!).
In the end I think I'm going to move these speakers into my weight room because they sound a lot better than the Zune dock I'm using in there and get some better speakers for my PC setup.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great!
Comment: At first I wasn't sure about these. I was thinking about going for the popular Logitech Z-2300's, but I'm glad I went after these. They look great on probably anyone's desk. They also sound fantastic. I was concerned about them being too quiet after reading some reviews, but they're loud enough. I was also concerned about the dependency on software, but I only had a problem with that once when I first installed. I'm not exactly sure what hqappened. My girlfriend was messing with the remote and the program crashed. Then after restarting my computer a lot of my icons were missing from the desktop. After a system restore, reinstall, and weeks of use. I haven't had any lagging, bad quality, or crashing. Also, if you do have trouble with the software, you can always use the 1/8" aux input jack. I use that for my game consoles, which also sounds great =] I'm very satisfied with these.
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Summary: GOOD BANG FOR THE BUCK
Comment: This is a great system that is inexpensive. I would recommend it to the person that wants a system for their bedroom. I wouldn't recommend it for a larger room. The only thing I would add is a separate knob for the subwoofer and a little more power.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Expected more from these Speakers - left wanting more...
Comment: OK, so like everyone else, I did some research on surround sound speakers and decided that I do want surround sound, but my office cannot support 5 satellites and a big sub... so I looked around for a 2.1 set up with simulated surround.
A few months ago, I purchased the Z-2300 set up which I love, but the only thing that I had a change of heart on was the fact that they are not surround sound. My son and I watch movies on my PC and decided I wanted to get a 5.1 set up instead.
After looking around and reading the reviews on the Z Cinema, I thought... "these are perfect since they have great reviews, supposedly sound great, and have two speakers; for my set up and having little room, these would be perfect!"
I also looked at the Z-5500 set up but passed on those because of the huge sub and the 5 satellites that as indicated, would not have the room for.
So, I order them, wait for them to arrive with great anticipation. after 3 days, the system arrives and suddenly find myself transform from a 40 year old professional to a 4 year old on Christmas morning. All excited, I take them out of the box and hook up the sub, speakers, and also install the software that was very easy to install on my computer.
OK, here I am, looking at my speaker set up which I gotta tell you, is a nice looking set up with simulated stainless trim and gloss black fascia on both the speakers and the sub. Remote was very well laid out and easy to use.
At this point I take a deep breath and log into Rhapsody.. I pull up a song and press play to listen to the song. I had the volume at about a 1/4 way up and nothing... at this point I think that I have the set up wrong since I cannot hear anything until suddenly, I listen closer to find out that... YUP... THE THINGS WERE ON!! At a 1/4 volume, I can barely hear them. I then turned them up 1/2 way and now you can hear them, but NOTHING like the power of my Z-2300 set up.. I then adjusted the EQ on the player, little better but let me tell you, I was so disappointed at the power of this set up.
Now, I put in a movie and long story short, in order to hear it at a level where I consider it to be "theater like" or loud enough that you can feel the action, I had to turn the thing up ALL THE WAY... and still was not enough...
The bass at the highest setting was barely there... what a disappointment. Needless to say, I shipped them back today for a refund..
Now I know what you are thinking, that I connected them wrong but no, I am the kind of person that follows directions step by step and then re-check and everything was connected correctly.
I think the reason I was left wanting more is that I am used to my Z2300 set up and as far as power, the 2300's blow the Z-Cinemas away.
Also and a final note.. I read a lot of reviews on the Z2300 and Z5500 where there are no tweeters, just a polished aluminum phase plug or "mid driver" that has no mid range and the highs are of poor quality.. sound "canny" but let me tell you, when I listened to the Z Cinema speakers, with a tweeter and mid range driver, they sounded mediocre at best. Sounded like they had no depth at all...
In summary, the Z Cinema look great, they are easy to set up and the software is easy to install. The remote is great and is easy to use but that's all the positives of this speaker set up. The sound quality is mediocre and the bass is almost non-existing (compared to the cheaper z-2300's)
If you want powerful bass and big sound for both you music AND movies, stay away from these speakers as you will be disappointed.
If you want to replace your $10 speaker set up that came with your computer and do not have very high expectations, then you will like this set up..
Enjoy
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