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Bantre said:It sounds BETTER to me and my roomy then our nice HT system in the living room that is a full blown Pioneer rack system.
Bantre said:Those 4.1 speakers are LOUD , alot of bass
Bantre said:It is clear, it sounds great.
I have seen and been in many homes with other home theatre systems.
The slight quality in sound to me is mute for a computer room/tv setup.
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Maxvla said:Bantre there is no possible way a 4.1 Logitech system can outperform a dedicated theater setup, not even a cheap one.
lets go through the list:
- Dedicated reciever/amp: much higher quality amplification and tons of features the logitechs only wish they had. Alot more flexibility and customization.
- Buildup: With a HT setup you can piece together the perfect set to your own tastes, you are not stuck with a package deal. also this allows you to buy as you have money so you don't have to throw out the full $$ all at once.
- Driver Size: the tiny tiny speakers in the logitech set are literally no match for larger driver equipped HT speakers. dream all you like, but a 2" speaker will NOT have anywhere near the fullness and range of sound a 6" or 8" driver would have. also there are no tweeters in these logitech speakers so there goes your clarity out the window.
- Overlapping Sound: simply nonexistant in a computer speaker package. those 2" driver speakers have zero midbass which means the sub has to play everything even close to bass, thus there is a large gap in a full clean sound between mid range and sub bass that there are no speakers capable of playing. when you play a slow sine pass on a set of computer speakers its very harsh up top then sounds good through mid treble and midrange then it gets really quiet in the midbass range and then it booms obnoxiously loud in the upper sub bass and then coughs dead when it has reached its limit around 35hz which is not nearly low enough.
- Price: as zabomb has detailed you can get a excellent sounding HT for very cheap. my own system i'm putting together has 4 HK6 bookshelf speakers, 1 infinity entra center, 1 velodyne 10" subwoofer, and probably a pioneer VSX-D712K 500w reciever with all the bells and whistles. this setup will cost me $650 dollars including shipping (which is approximately $117 of the total) meaning the speakers themselves only cost $533 dollars. this system will pound the daylights out of the logitechs and will have clarity the logitechs will never be capable of.
Bantre said:By the way, what exactly was prejudious about me thinking my setup sounds good and having seen other HTS before?
Bantre said:Never said it sounded as good, in fact I said the exact different.
Bantre said:I connected my digital cable to my pc that uses the logitech 4.1 speakers.
It sounds BETTER to me and my roomy then our nice HT system in the living room that is a full blown Pioneer rack system.
You are making alot of assumptions about his budget and his space needs. There are many better options for a low budget 5.1 computer speaker setup.Bantre said:I stand by my orginal point that was missed.
If he has limited space, budget it is VERY VERY possible to get great sound in all ranges, make the house rattle with clear bass for less then a ton of money.
I said it sounds great and it does, for the cost ratio of most people who want just better TV sound up to great levels, it can't be beat.
speakers are NOT all about playing at deafening levels. if you really believe that you should exit this thread and never offer audio advice ever again. i never play my speakers at deafening volume. there is no reason for it. if you cannot enjoy your music without blasting it at yourself you should look to better quality speakers which you will get a better experience from and will not need to crank it up so loud.Bantre said:He is the one who made assumptions on how loud and clear it was without knowing what it was exactly I even had or the quality backing it.
Most don't play TV stuff in a computer room to defeaning levels which is what speakers are all about. The freqency range of what I have and Bass response is fairly exceptional when you convert $ to DBA and quality.
perhaps you should stop protecting your speakers by over-exaggerating their abilities. $650 shipped for a high quality HT setup that would normally cost about $2000 is not "paying a ton more" its buying wisely.Bantre said:It is no different the CPU Mhz to $ conversion of whats reasonable verus paying a ton more to be just slightly better imo.
you are basing your advice on sound output into a very non-ideal room. my computer room is 20x20 which is about the size a good listening room should be.Bantre said:Edit~ I did miss one thing Max that affects my choice on why I am happy this route.
My computer room is approx 9x9 feet room.
Naturally I have 2 speakers in front above the LCDs TV to left, Sub under that TV , 2 speakers on rear wall. Behind all that is a 4x7 foot, double high waterbed.
Technically my room is very closed in, being practically on the sub and less dispersion into a large room, the bass is really amplified futher as is sound echo and response( there is no odd corners, large spaces for the sound to redirect itself. So clearly I am literally in the center of sound, which covers the range of bass/speaker gap ratio.
You seem qualified to know how that will effect sound and the advantages and disadvantages of it.
placement has nothing to do with this. my speakers will be the same distance from me as they are of you, you only choose to play them so loud that it hurts you and thus you say not to get HT speakers because you think they will be even louder. play a good speaker at a reasonable volume and you can put it very close and get great sound.Bantre said:Being as I am never more then 2 feet from either my LCDs or TV and I am the center box of all vollume in a close small box room, placement and such has made it to be where I doubt I can do much better , and I still stand by it