Logitech Z-5500 problem

james.miller said:
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Pretty impressive. If I didn't have neighbours and lived with my parents I'd have something beasty like that.

In my dream house I'd have a phat sound system is every room so there's sound all over the house. Or sensors in each room so that if I walk into another room it will turn on the next speakers so I can have seemless music where ever I go :)

*dreams*

But yeah, extreme. I'd happily pay lots of money for that sort of gear too. I love music and quality is everything.

EDIT: Sorry for thread hijack :(
 
i think its working now.

i am a gamer, i ams tuck between getting a decent sound card which i really want or an x1900xt, its really hard choice lol

so how good exatly is the sub of the z5500, does it perform like any other 188watt rms sub, or can it perform like some 1000watt rms subs?
 
I can't really say. This is the best system I've ever owned, usually I've just used speakers that come with PC packages etc..

So when I got these I noticed an un-comparable increase in sound quality.

I know when I show off the loudness of my sub to my mates (who are all into car modding and car audio) and many say its almost better than some of the more expensive gear they've played around with and that if it was possible to hook it up to a car battery, it would work quite well.

Not sure though, maybe they were taking it a bit too far. I've seen some pretty impressive car audio kits for around the same price of this. But this is definately an amazing "all in one" system for a home computer like myself.

And at the time I bought it, it seemed to be highly recommended and got great reviews from everywhere I looked.

EDIT: If you've got the system to handle the x1900xt then go for that, I'm sure you'll benefit from a better graphics card than you will with a sound card (at least you can get a sound card later maybe?).

If your system isn't fantistic though, getting a card like that might just be bottlenecked by other hardware and thus may be better off getting something a bit cheaper and maybe you can afford both items :)
 
i dont think it will be bottlenecked, my cpu is a 3700+ at 2.8ghz.


The z-5500 system is best system i have owned too, the speakers dnt go as loud as the 50watt ones on the system downstairs, but the speakers have more bass on em than the oens downstairs and are better quality.
 
willhub said:
Hi, bought these speakers form overclockers.co.uk about a month ago, and i was amazed by there sound quality, but i am experiencing a problem at high sound levels and i am wondering weather i have a faulty unit.

When the volume is turned up to about 16 out of 20 bars or w/e there called, and i then have the subwoofer on about half and sometimes full, i hear this kind of sound coming form the subwoofer, it happens on strong bass, if you tap 2 of your fingers on a wooden table 1 after each other, thats what the sound coming from the subwoofer sounds like, and i dont think its an issue with sound quality or interfierence, it sounds like hardware within the subwoofer, maybe the speaker is defective i dunno :\

has anyone else with this speaker system experienced it? anyone have an idea what it could be?
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Have you sorted your tapping sound? cos it maybe the speaker hitting on the grill :confused:
 
i think its sorted, the speaker aint hitting the grill tho lol, it must have been hitting somthing behind the actual cone.
 
willhub said:
i think its sorted, the speaker aint hitting the grill tho lol, it must have been hitting somthing behind the actual cone.
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With the z-680s the cables inside the sub hits the casing at high volumes with some ppls systems.

Ive managed to have my z-680s about 15 out of 20 vol, and windows vol at max for about 45mins.. It didnt do my ears much good, they were hurting for a few hours after. my z-680 was fine, the amp was abit toasty tho :D
 
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to james.miller

just a quick wondering, dont car subs run on 8ohms (or lower depending on the amp setup), compared to subs that you use in your house running on 16ohms typically due to the different power supplies? was there anyway you got around this or just didnt worry about it?

did consider doing so with a couple of subs i had knocking about a while ago but it started to sound a bit involved so gave up on it. picked up an active 15" monster from hell in richer sounds manager clearance for £120!

was great until it cracked all the plaster on the ceiling downstairs which then had to be repaired. would also pulse all of the double glazing in the house with the right frequencies. siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilly

still, ive had to sell it now, bit to excessive, plus the fact that the box was absolutely massive and weighed a small ton
 
there's no issue really. most normal speakers are rated @ 4-8ohms and most half decent amps can drive a 4ohm without bother. both my subs are 4omh rated, the denon copes just fine with them and it has been pushed hard many times lol
 
i dont know how you even manage to push those beasts hard, i cant even push my z5500 system hard coz it shakes the house too much lol, you must live in the middle of nowere to in a caravan lol.

in that pic with the sub in the wall, looks like your in a caravan coz of all the holes in the wooden wall.
 
willhub said:
i dont know how you even manage to push those beasts hard, i cant even push my z5500 system hard coz it shakes the house too much lol, you must live in the middle of nowere to in a caravan lol.

in that pic with the sub in the wall, looks like your in a caravan coz of all the holes in the wooden wall.
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I guess it depends where and what surface you have got the sub on. My sub is on a concreate floor and I can have my speakers almost at full volum with little damage. things fall of my shelfs and walls rattle abit, but thats all.
 
i have my subwoofer sat on one of the polystyrein padding things from the z5500 box, the polystyrein was on one side of the sub.

i wonder if it will be better under my bed?
 
on ebay i seen these 10 and 12" subs that have like 6" magnets on them and they look massive, how big is the magnet in the z5500's subwoofer?


also is the z5500 actually at its limit with full 188watts power or is it just limited to that, could it actually have the potential to be 3 or 400 watt?
 
ah well, i looked on the web and cant even find anyhting about the subwoofer, i might open it up at the weekend, i need a guide tho.


do you think its impossible to increase the watts of the sub from say 188watts rms to maybe 200 or 250? or is it impossible?


also, if i took the sat speakers off the z-5000 and then added say some 300watt car speakers, (150watt x2), would they work, or is the sub or somthing programmed to only send 62watts max per channel or if all channels exept 2 were not been used could it pump 150watts through on each channel?
 
stop worrying about watts. your 5500's are sucking up more power than my av system, but i can assure you, they are no match for it. wattage is probably the least important factor in 'loudness' and quality. Also, you cant mix and match channels on the amp like that. Magnets are also, for the most part, not important in the slightest. before i got my denon, i was using a 2x35w creek 4140s2 to drive the subs. they were still mentally loud then. Efficiancy of the driver and the box its in (as well as where it is in the room) are far more important than how many watts you can provice it:)
 
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ah, for under £200 would i be able to like get an amp and speakers that could litrally blow the z-5500 away and work on a computer aswell?

would be nice to have a system more powerfull than the z-500 that uses less electric aswell, coz my mum is barmy and doesent like it when the electric meter is flying around :(

the sub on my z-5500 is more than enough for me, but i would like a sub that can shake the whole house :p, and some speakers than can go loud coz these sat speakers on the z-5500 aint loud enough, they are for most people, but they only just make my ears hurt :\

on some guides on the net it says, the more watts the better and louder it can go.
 
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I thought I would subtly post at the end of this thread rather than attracting attention to myself with a whole massive new thread :o
I have just set up my new z-5500 system. When the speakers are on and regardless of whether they are playing or not, if I turn the volume up any more than half-way I get a huge 'WAAAAAAUM' noise (couldn't find a word to describe it :D ) from the subwoofer and it is just plays continuosly until I turn the volume down again. What is this and is it fixable?
 
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