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Logitech Z-5400 Digital Speakers | 
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| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 48850
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12.7
Dimensions (in): 23.8 x 18.8 x 16.1
MPN: 970180-0120
Model: 970180-0120
EAN: 5099206981355
ASIN: B000BSVAFA
Release Date: October 18, 2005
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Product Description
Immerse yourself in high-fidelity digital surround sound with Logitech's THX-certified, 310 watt Z-5400 Digital 5.1 speaker system. The Digital SoundTouch Control Center supports Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks and includes digital and analog inputs for
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 These are computer speakers! February 26, 2007
John (AUS)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are expecting full hi-fi reproduction you AREN'T going to get it with these speakers.A mini bookshelf system would probably give you better music reproduction than these. Mainly because the satellites use a single full range driver in a small box. Midrange is lacking. They are very loud though...
I bought these for a few reasons:
1) wasn't happy with my onboard sound. The Z-5400s contain 3x SPDIF inputs and most AC97 based mobos have SPDIF out (mine didn't though -- I had to solder posts onto my mobo!).
2) Something smaller than a bookshelf system. Well, the satellites are -- the subwoofer is enormous but can be hidden.
3) Watching movies via the PC.If you have a DVD with a 5.1 soundtrack it's like a mini HT system (the speakers have a builtin DTS/Dolby digital decoder).
Apparently its great for games but I don't play too many of them anymore....
If you want a home theatre system or you're a perfectionist you may be disappointed in spending $300 on something that doesn't sound great for music and is only satisfactory for HT in a smaller room. Although, a decent entry level HT system is likely to cost you at 2-3x as much though (but I wouldn't know).
In summary if you're a fifteen yo boy who plays heaps of games, this is so cool. If you've got too much money to spend on computer speakers, this is cool (although you probably bought the z-5500s). Otherwise, if you want hi-fi music reproduction, you might be better off starting with a 2.1 system.
This system does expose you to audio technologies like DTS/optical/SPDIF etc so if you're a geek you might get a bit of a thrill over this.
I really can't decide whether to keep these or not. I have put them on eBay, but I'll probably cancel the auction and keep them.
 Very Good and very, very loud, January 17, 2007
S. Wilson (UK, South East England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have connected this up to my TV and PC and all I can say is wow! Although I would not class myself as an audio expert these speakers where fantastic and setup was simple and the bass is incredible. I am fortunate enough to have no neighbors where I live so I can afford to put these as loud as they go, and boy don't they go loud!
I play a lot of games, but the best has got to be Battlefield 2. The speakers and the bass are crystal clear and bullets sound as though they are whizzing past your face and when artillery falls next to you, the bass makes it feel as though you are about to be hit! It really is an experience. Being my first 5.1 speakers, I thought I would stick to a budget of 150 and I got a lot more than I expected, price - quality seems has improved for the better over the last couple of years and I am delighted with the purchase.
The speaker system also comes with a control box which displays high contrast, clear characters which are easily readable and can be controlled via a remote. The control box allows you to change volume and a variety of sound configurations including; 6 channel surround, stereo and 2x stereo as well as movie and music modes. Surround and Front satellite volumes can also be configured individually as well as rear satellite delay timings and bass strength. Although I tend to stick to 2x stereo for watching TV and 6 channel for playing games these extra options should come useful to other users.
The only downside I should say is that the rear speaker wire was slightly too short for me as I am fussy and like to redirect my wires around the most tidy places possible, this meant I needed to create a custom wire for one of my speakers. Although for most users this shouldn't be an issue, owning quite a small room I can see that this could possibly be an issue for someone who is unfortunate enough to have a room layout like mine.
The quality of the remote is probably the least exciting bit of the product and it would have been nice to feel a bit more weight to the buttons and the entire remote, the design of the remote is also very boring and I think as a student I could have designed something which was more ergonomic.
At the end of the day the quality is very good, especially for the price. The bass is out of this world and the satellites are to a high standard. I would recommend this speaker set to a lot of people but if you're looking for a higher standard and you live in the middle of the Sahara I heard Logitech's 5500 range is even bigger and louder! Good luck and say goodbye to your eardrums, you'll want to buy these.
Amazing December 15, 2006
George Hopkins (Essex, England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
All i can say is wow... When i first felt the feel and weight of the sattelite speakers i was very pleasantly surprised, very heavy and good quality feeling. Even the dust covers on the satellites felt of very good standard. I wasn't meant to use these until Christmas but seeing the big box just sitting there and knowing that there was no one home i felt that i should try them out. I left the box downstairs and lugged the huge subwoofer and the 5 satellites upstairs and then i went and got the cable and the control centre. I decided to start by plugging these into my computers optical in port (only the motherboards intergrated one though). I had a bit of trouble at first because the control centre didn't recognise the digital data from the pc but then i realised it was just on the wrong input.
The first thing i did when i got them recognised was to go into my sound settings and change it to Dolby Live, i then searched my computer for some good songs to play, the first song i tried was TNT by AC/DC which sounded absolutely amazing with the satellites delivering all the higher frequencies and the sub thumping away at the rhythm, next i tried Bass Tester by the chemical brothers, on this track the subwoofer really shone through (obviously). I then tried many different songs all of which sounded amazing. At first i had the all of the speakers on the floor to my left but i decided to set them up in a 5.1 arrangement except the rear speakers were on my bed and i left the sub in the middle of the floor. I then changed to my 360 and played the halo 3 trailer which sounded too amazing for words, i can't even explain how amazing it sounded, MUCH better than the professional JBL sound system in my local cineworld. I then played some game demos, all of which of course sounded amazing. I didn't play gears of war because i want to save that for when i get it set up properly on christmas day.
I then plugged the optical cable back into the computer and turned the bass up to 3 quarters (for kicks) and turned the master volume onto half volume and put on Ariel's by system of a down on and then just sat back and listened. I was absolutely amazed, at that moment i decided i had never heard any speakers in my life that sound as good as these ones, they could kick out amazing volume (i went slightly higher than half, any higher and i would have literally deafened myself) without the tiniest hint of distortion, anything above half volume on these will make your ears bleed (in a good way).
The last thing i did with these speakers was play bass tester at max bass on about half volume, the air coming out the subs huge awesome looking flared port felt more like a hairdryer than anything else and the bass being produced sounded like it would be heard from miles around!
I am sorry if i have been talking about the sub a bit too much in this review but it really was a lot better than i thought it would be.
Overall everything on this system is totally amazingly awesomely brilliantly superb. My only gripe with it was that the remote feels a little plasticky and i would have proffered clicky hard buttons than rubber soft pressing buttons but that might just be me, also this is pixmanias fault more than anything but pixmania sent me a foreign z-5400, i think it must be either french or dutch because there was a foreign power cable inside it and not the uk 3 pin cable, luckily though the power cable from my original xbox worked fine so i was ok but i reckon some people might have a problem with this. I can't even believe i was actually considering getting this system, don't consider just get it! Buy Buy Buy!
(my z-5400 is in it's box at the moment over the other side of my room and i can't use it again until Christmas, i am sad).
And for people too lazy to read the review....... These are amazing speakers with a brilliant subwoofer. Buy them, you won't regret it.
Quality at a good price December 13, 2006
D. Holland (East Mids UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read every review on these before making my purchase and have to agree with all others on how good these are regardless of price.
I have a Media Center setup in my living room, this is the main hub of our house's entertainment so I did not want to make do with poor quality sound reproduction.
Watching films with these is awesum in 5.1, (Pirates of the Caribbean 2 shook the room and the underwater thuds were something else!!!)
Music is very pleasent listening too with the pseudo dolby 5.1 sounding very good indeed.
Digital TV in movie mode (2 channel to 5.1) works very well too (Very clever indeed logitech!) I'm afraid it does not make all the soaps that my partner watch any more bareable for me though!
Make sure you get yourself a good soundcard(I have an audigy 4) to match these and you will be more than happy. You will not see the benefit with most onboard sound.
wow!! October 27, 2006
Tom Lewis (essex UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
awesome sound amazing volume and bass wich (no jokes) cracked the plaster on my bedroom wall!!
dont event think! jus buy! you wont regret it!
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