Logitech Z-5500 Question
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Soldato
stick the cable in, let everything else do the work 
All I have done, works fine
All I have done, works fine
So you plug a lead in the coax socet in the pod then, and the other end of the lead goes in the S/PDIF-in socket into the pc.. right??? anything goes into the S/PDIF-out socket of the pc???? As you can see I havent got a clue
Surely 1 lead cant work all the speaker channels??
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Soldato
what connection is on your pc? Coax in and out?
so you put one end in the "coax OUT" of your pc, to the coax cable in the pod. Digital works differently to analogue, so it can carry all the channnels though one cable
Just remember to change "inpud" on the pod *via remote or buttons on pod* to coax.
A 3 meter decent coax cable cost about 10-15quid or so.
so you put one end in the "coax OUT" of your pc, to the coax cable in the pod. Digital works differently to analogue, so it can carry all the channnels though one cable
Just remember to change "inpud" on the pod *via remote or buttons on pod* to coax.
A 3 meter decent coax cable cost about 10-15quid or so.
Soldato
Bah, I picked up a decent spec 10m for £10 - I'm not an uber audiophile and this will do me. Just make sure you buy a shielded coax cable...Psypher5 said:what connection is on your pc? Coax in and out?
so you put one end in the "coax OUT" of your pc, to the coax cable in the pod. Digital works differently to analogue, so it can carry all the channnels though one cable
Just remember to change "inpud" on the pod *via remote or buttons on pod* to coax.
A 3 meter decent coax cable cost about 10-15quid or so.
I have those connections on my pc.... Your sure 1 cable is gonna work all speakers?? I guess the sound quality will be as good or better then the 3 analog connection?
I guess a cheap phono lead wont work then?
Anything goes in the S/PDIF-in socket of the pc? and the square socket in the back of the pod??
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Fair play for finding the 10m cable, its all the same tbh, if it works it works
Does your pc have optical? The black square connection with a red light in?
You can only do the same connection to the same connection, so black square to black square *optical* or rounded to rounded *coax*
A phono cable wont work, it has to be a heavy thick coax cable.
Does your pc have optical? The black square connection with a red light in?
You can only do the same connection to the same connection, so black square to black square *optical* or rounded to rounded *coax*
A phono cable wont work, it has to be a heavy thick coax cable.
Soldato
It really has to be of digital standard. I'm not sure if a phono lead would work. Anyway, pick up a nice digital audio coaxial cable for cheap, plug it into the out and connect it to the speakers. Yes it will work all the speakers (there are different modes too, which determine how the speakers will work i.e. soft rear, all sats same sound etc). Digital sound is far better than analogue. I only use digital for listening to music.speedy2004 said:
I have those connections on my pc.... Your sure 1 cable is gonna work all speakers?? I guess the sound quality will be as good or better then the 3 analog connection?
I guess a cheap phono lead wont work then?
My system is setup like so:
Coax > PC (watching DVD's with Dolby Digital or DTS)
Analogue > PC (playing games with EAX etc)
Optical > PS2 (DTS/DD sound from games or watching DVD's)
so its a bad idea only having digital?? cos the main reason I was thinking about digital, is the leads for analog wont be long enough, and I would have to buy longer ones. So I thought instead of getting good qual analog leads, I might as well get a digital lead instead.
What do you think??
What do you think??
Soldato
I only use digital.
Coax for TV to speakers,
optical for pc to speakers. Have no problems so far,
Coax for TV to speakers,
optical for pc to speakers. Have no problems so far,
Soldato
yup, but you can change that on the pod settings and make it stereox2, which makes 4.1 effectivly
Soldato
Or use Dolby Pro Logic Music which emulates surround - very good quality and what I do to my music.Psypher5 said:yup, but you can change that on the pod settings and make it stereox2, which makes 4.1 effectivly
Soldato
Good call! forgot about that, havent used my mp3 player with it for a while 
Im also thinking about getting th z-680 instead of the z-5500, cos the size of the sub. cos both the subs and speakers are the same wattage, I guess the 680s sub wont be able to go as low tho, and the display on the 680 pod isnt as good..Also the z-680 is quite old now, but quality isnt that much diff between the 2. I think If the sound quality isnt that diff between them, I'll prob be better with a smaller sub.
What do you think guys, am I making a mistake if I go for the 680, and would I regret it?
What do you think guys, am I making a mistake if I go for the 680, and would I regret it?
Soldato
I don't think so, my friend did exactly that. You do lose some of the sound modes and a few functions but the sound quality is about the same (having listened at his house to them).
Soldato
Well I think it works like this: digital signals can carry a LOT of information in the forms of 1's and 0's i.e. __|--|__ (imagine the hyphens are at the top). The high is a 1 and the low a 0. Think of loads of these (millions/thousands?) per second. All the decoder has to do is input this through a filter (the decoder) which separates it all off. Without the decoder, there can be no sound as it doesn't know what to do with the info. I *think* this is how it works, don't quote me on it, despite being very good at physics, I never studied digital sound like this, only normal digital 'waves'.speedy2004 said: