Others say...

"Only 4 stars and this is why...."
I purchased these little guys a few years ago and took them back after 24 hours and this is why.

First of all, very nice speakers as far as sounding. Logitech makes nothing short of the best merchanidse. However, the rear speakers are more like side speakers. If the room your placing these speakers in is small you may be okay, but in large rooms you will be diappointed. This is becuase each speaker has wired cables (versus normal speaker wire). This was a major hinderance in my opinion.

Another thing I disliked was the wired remote. I now have the Logitech 5500 series and they have a wireless remote and normal speaker wire. So for that reason, I can only give these guys a 4 out of 5 rating. If you're going to pay this much money for speakers, I would get more for your money and upgrade further.

"LOUD!!!"
This system is a great value for this price. I purchased mine years ago for about $200, and I would probably pay that again today for the quality it gives. I've hooked this thing up to both my pc and my dvd player for years now and haven't had any problems, except that the neighbors complain about the noise. Super powerful bass!

"Great computer speakers, even better price!"
I've owned these speakers for about 6 months now and haven't been disappointed. I really wanted to spring for Logitechs digital Z-5500's but couldn't pass up the deal I found for these.

These go on sale quite often, and normally you can find them with a hefty mail in rebate. I got my setup for $48! Thats an absolute steal for these speakers. At the time the z5500's were selling for over $300 so it was a no brainer for me.

I have these setup in my computer room which is fairly small. These cables are color coded and extremely easy to setup. The only drawback is the shorter length of the rear speakers. I never actually measured them but they seem to be around 15ft. That isn't that long when you want to mount them on a rear wall and try to hide the wires. I went online and purchased an RCA cable extension for like $2 and was good to go!

The included hand held volume adjuster acts as the main control hub. You can adjust the volume, the subwoofer, fade, etc from there. It will also integrate into your soundcard with no problem. I set the volume to %75 on the actual Logitech module, then use my Logitech mouse or keyboard to control the volume through my soundcard. It's much more convienant rather than reaching for the wired Logitech module. This way I can just tuck it away out of sight.

I had to do quite a bit of tweaking to get them to sound how I wanted. The trouble is not all sources sound the same. Once I find a good setting for movies I find that I need to readjust things when I listen to music. This more has to do with your soundcard though and adjusting bass,treble,EQ, etc.

One pet peeve of mine is that this is not digital. I knew that going in but I really do wish I had opted for true 5.1 DD surround sound. This setup does a good job of simulating surround from a stereo source but I find the rear speakers a bit lacking. Even when I turn the rear speaker volume up it just doesn't sound quite right. With true digital 5.1 different sounds are actually coming from different speakers. With these the same sound is just spread across all speakers but the rear speakers always seem less powered/muffled/low.

The bass on this system is definitely on the strong side. I actually think it makes things sound muffled when even at %50. After lowering the bass on the module and tweaking my soundcard settings I got it to sound just right. It still shakes the room, but doesn't have that muffled effect.

So while theres definitely some minor annoyances with this system it just can't be beat for the price when on sale. It all depends on what price it's at when you go to purchase. Right now I see Amazon charging $156 for these and only $199 for the Z-5500's! I would certainly, without a doubt, spend the extra $44 and get true digital surround sound. (If your soundcard supports digital of course!)

"Very Good"
I just finished hooking up this system to my SB Audigy soundcard and am very impressed with it so far. Once I went into the soundcards speaker setup section and done some fine tuning there, then came back to the hand-held unit of the speakers I was better satisfied with them, especially after turning on the "matrix" section of it, it brought regular CD music to a very good surround sound. I am not a "gamer" but I would guess that it brings that out quite good. Haven't as yet used it for a movie, although I would guess that it works very good as well, I like movies on a larger screeen than what a PC has. The only drawback I have with it, the front speakers cables should have been longer.

"Great"
Reading some of the reviews I've notice some people have a bass problem and some don't. Why is this? I think its the sound card. I have a creative x-fi and don't experience no such bass problems .. In fact I increased the bass with no such problems that some people are having. I think having these speakers need a good sound card. Maybe i should of disable my sound card and used onboard sound to see . But I'm a little lazy today , beside other people with onboard sound should write a review .