Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System General Features: 5.1 Surround Sound
Matrix Mode: Enjoy a 5.1 surround sound effect even from 2-channel stereo sources
Frequency Directed Dual Drivers (FDD2™) Real-time Bass Equalization
Ported Down-firing Subwoofer with 5¼-inch Drivers Center Channel LCD Clip
Wall-Mountable Satellite Speakers
Rating: - What I was specting
Exelent, good sound quality, the only thing that I din't like was the wire control, it should be wireless!!
Thanks Logitech
Rating: - pretty decent speaker system
Now I'm not one to over-hype a product like some others might but this 5.1 speaker system isn't bad for the $70 minus $10MIR. Good sound but not too powerful (70-140 total watts)... but more than enough for my media center desktop. Not a big fan of the WIRED remote control but that's not a huge dealbreaker for the price. Overall I'm pleased but not overwhelmed. I'm just hoping these will last me more than 5 years when I'll be ready to start upgrading everything.
Rating: - Talk About Bang for Your Buck!
I should preface this review by saying that I've worked as a salesman for such speakers as B&W, Sunfire, and Klipsch, so I know what good speakers sound like. Having said that I still love these speakers. Are they super high quality? No. Do they distort? Yes. Would I recommend them for serious listening connected with some Audioquest cables? Of course not.
But, when you want to have a 5.1 system for your computer and don't want to spend a bundle, these are hard to beat. They deliver good sound with music and movies. They come with speaker cables that are long enough for my relatively small room. All the plugs are color coded for those who are technology shy when it comes to hooking things up. And the wired control has a handy headphone jack (which I must note disables the volume control on the remote. You will have to control your volume using a software control; I use the wheel on my mouse, and it works out fine).
Rating: - AN $8.00 SOLUTION TO GETTING GR8 MUSIC FROM THIS UNIT ...
I'm only interested in this unit for music output ... I originally bought a Logitech x-230 2.1 2 (30/70 watts) system to play music thru my .mp3 player at backyard get togethers ... The sound from the little speakers was great, the bass from the sub impressive, but it was limited in it's volume output so I decided to buy this one (70/140 watts) thinking it would double the volume ... One of the guys on my job told me that since it was surround sound that I'd probably not notice any great change in the volume output, which I didn't until I went to Radio Shack and bought a three-way headphone jack ($8) ... You see on this unit there are three wires that lead out to input from my .mp3 player instead of just one that's on the lesser unit, and common sense told me that all the sound input from my .mp3 player wasn't going into this more powerful unit ... Once I connected those three cables from this Logitech to my player via the three way, and switched off the Matrix mode on the remote, the sound quality and volume increased impressively ... I went with Logitect because I didn't want to go the route of a regular Boom Box type system, and wanted to stay under $100. while having a unit that handles deep bass as well as these Logitech systems ... Now I have it, and the system set up is both high tech and slick looking ... While my grand-kids think nothing of these unit when I pull it out to wow my friends with our oldies from the 60's and 70's, they think I'm so in tune with current technology ... In comparrison to them I guess I am, thanks to being around youngsters who keep this oldster hip to what's happening in audio now ... '0)
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