s750 or z5500?

Henry8601 · 8 Aug 2007 at 00:02

I am going to be upgrading my sound system, as I am fed up with my rubbish £30 2.1 speakers.
I will be getting the auzentech X-Fi card when it comes out (or maybe the fatal1ty X-Fi - Advice needed here) But until then I will be using the onboard sound on my EVGA 680i.

Ideally I want to have the analogue cables hooked up to my pc, and the digital/optical for my ps3.

This will mostly be used for gaming, but obviously I will also want a set for films and music (although this is less important).Things like BF2142, CSS & Stalker but also stuff like Colin Mcrae DiRT, Toca 3 etc...

I need your advice on whether to go for the logitech z5500's , or the Creative S750's. The S750's are 7.1, but does this make a large difference in gaming compared with 5.1's? I also need to take into consideration that the S750's are £60 more. I also really like the way the logitech's have the control unit which I can think would be really good. Although I think the S750's are more powerful, but I don't think I will ever be using them on full blast!

Advice/experience would be very welcome as I do not really know where to spend my cash.

Thanks
Henry

Phil2008 · 8 Aug 2007 at 00:35

The speakers on the s750 has tweeters and apparntly ment to be better then the z5500,, I would go for the s750 for the ultimate sound experince, if you can set all the speakers up for real 7.1 surround sound mate.

londonbairn · 8 Aug 2007 at 14:32

I have the S750s in my room (my bedroom is massive) and they are amazing!

lay-z-boy · 9 Aug 2007 at 16:27

For games and films, the S750's are on their own. In music they are still fantastic but the z5500's are closer to them.

zarquon · 9 Aug 2007 at 18:16

I have the logitech z5450, which I think is basically the same as the 5500 but with cordless rear speakers. They aren't totally cordless as they need to be plugged in to a mains power socket each, but cordless from the woofer.

I've had them for a couple of years and had no reason to complain. They're good for films, music and games, especially when you're outputting from a X-Fi card.

As for 7.1or 5.1, it really depends on the games you play. Not every game can handle 7.1 sound so you might want to check before you buy. IIRC the series of shooters from Novalogic - Black Hawk Down, etc. - didn't do 7.1.

Henry8601 · 9 Aug 2007 at 22:48

Thanks for all the advice so far, but am I correct in thinking that the s750's only have one input? And are they really worth the extra £60 - I am not on a limitless budget...

lay-z-boy · 9 Aug 2007 at 23:53

zarquon said:
I have the logitech z5450, which I think is basically the same as the 5500 but with cordless rear speakers. They aren't totally cordless as they need to be plugged in to a mains power socket each, but cordless from the woofer.

I've had them for a couple of years and had no reason to complain. They're good for films, music and games, especially when you're outputting from a X-Fi card.

As for 7.1or 5.1, it really depends on the games you play. Not every game can handle 7.1 sound so you might want to check before you buy. IIRC the series of shooters from Novalogic - Black Hawk Down, etc. - didn't do 7.1.

Upmixing, modern soundcards are quite good at it. with eax5, openal, cmss under the hood anything can be upmixed correctly in games, music and films.

MrP77 · 10 Aug 2007 at 01:06

the s750's are the best speakers i've ever heard....
they are pretty much perfect.... if you can afford them... get them.....
(i got mine second hand.... at £150 you can't really say no....)

one thing tho... they do have a 210watt down firing subwoofer...so i wouldn't get them if anyone sleeps/works/lives below you... it almost got me thrown out of halls....