Logitech Z Cinma Advanced Surround Sound System - 980-000085 - Amazing Deal!
Logitech Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System

Great audio quality. The included remote makes volume control and track selection a breeze from across the room. However, the lack of a physical power button and microphone input, to me, cripples this otherwise extremely versatile speakers system.
 
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I love this speaker. It has great surround system.
 
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The sounds are great coming from all speakers. The integration of the bass sound with the tweeter and mid bass is exceptional in quality. Extremely easy to hook this up! For those wanting to not have to worry about sound cards and just pretty much plug and play, this is the unit. That is what I was after as I did not want to get a fancy sound card when USB has the capacity to deliver exceptional sound quality. The one thing that I would say is this unit does not get as loud as the Z2300 series my friend has. In fact, when I first plugged this in, I was not able to listen to the voices on a movie well. I figured out that my master sound volume was too low and adjusted it. The thing is, this unit does not by itself determine it's volume... That's the part that was weird because they claim 200 RMS or 180 RMS what not and I was not hearing that kind of volume. I turned up my volume on different programs and it seemed to help a little more than the master volume. Then I upgraded my realplayer and when it showed up at half volume on my desktop then my Z Cinema speakers were much louder as I could then turn the Real player up another half way up! Since then, I have had very acceptable volume from this system. It just took figuring out some things and tweaking some things... I hope I ultimately don't discourage a potential buyer because these speakers are WELL worth the price tag in quality and easy of use and in volume when you get it working as it should. I just wanted to make sure if any of you did experience this, you had an idea of the steps I took to achieve a better volume :)
 
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I actually had the bose companion 3's before I bought this (which sticker for $250). I was on my 2nd set of Companion 3's and it was starting to cut in and out. I decided to pick up these to replace them. Install was very easy (I did have to restart) but once running the software fired right up, no problems (I'm using vista ultimate) The very first thing I noticed is how "Crisp" the sound is. It is very very clear. I would have to say the sound quality is equally as good as the companion 3's. These do sound a touch more "Crisp" I'm guessing it's due to the usb hook up which is digital which at first I didn't really like the idea of that, but after hearing it and if you have a newer computer I would go for it. The remote is great, I can use it to control rhapsody across the room which I couldn't do with my bose. You can also have the software display on screen information about what track you are listening to. Major media players are supported (itunes, windows media, winamp, etc) However even though the control does control rhapsody it does not display song information. I really wish they would have added a touch button on the front of the speakers for volume control, but I will get over it. The remote is really geared toward windows media center which imo, sucks but still provides plenty of other functionality. Things I don't like over the bose/cons: *Speakers are a little big compare to the bose *No dial or touch pad on speakers for volume (must use remote or software) *Sub is bigger than the bose and kinda big in general, it does seem to pack a little more punch than the bose, but very close *USB only (you can hook up an aux cable if you want, but usb must be hooked up for it to work) *Remote is IR and must be pointed at receiver (the speaker for it to work) *SRS is not that great, I think it sounds better with it off Things I like over the bose/pros: *Although IR, I do like having the remote which can control your media player (itunes, rhapsody, wmp, etc) *Excellent clarity *Sub in my opinion packs a touch more punch then the bose *Can Adjust bass/treble from remote *Doesn't distort at high volume To conclude, I think these are worth the $175 but wouldn't do jumping jacks over that price. However I did get in at that price with a $60 rebate. For $115 bucks with nice sub and remote, you really can't go wrong for a 2.1 system and highly recommend picking this up with the rebate!
 
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