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Logitech make good products, their speakers have always been quite good IMO. I'll never forget in high school a buddy and I had two of the same Logitech X-540

Logitech make good products, their speakers have always been quite good IMO. I'll never forget in high school a buddy and I had two of the same Logitech X-540 speakers. We plugged the speakers together and pumped it through effectively a 10.2 setup.

rasz 4y ago
Like $400 "Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speaker System" released 20 years ago? "The Z-5500 will consistently give you great sound on a daily basis and was tested by THX experts as well as our audio team." "The Logitech Z-5500 is the best all-around PC speaker system we have used to date." "Incredible sound and tons of amplifier power (505-watt (RMS), total peak power output of 1010 watts)" All from a box fused at 120V 3A :-) and with 10% THD when even a low end home stereo systems were usually 0.1-0.9% THD. You open it up and find four dual channel TDA7294 powered with 2x26V giving maximum of ~30W per "62-69W" channel and ~60W for "188 watts" subwoofer. Logitech was always good at scamming unwashed masses and unsophisticated computer reviewers unable to read labels and small print.
Firmwarrior 4y ago
I've been having terrible luck with Logitech, and decided to never buy from them again. An $80 speaker set's audio input jack broke, and Logitech absolutely refused to fix it or help me in any way since it was a month or so past the one year warranty. I live right down the street from Logitech and could have just driven out to their HQ, but they completely stonewalled me.
- stordoff 4y ago
  FWIW, I've had the opposite experience with Logitech for mice: 2010: replaced a ~18-month-old MX400 with an MX620 under warranty after the left mouse button became unreliable (without proof of purchase) 2013: replaced that MX620 with an MX705 after I asked if it was possible to buy a replacement wireless receiver (part of the USB connecter had broken off IIRC) - I had assumed it would be well out of warranty as the original purchase was back in 2008. I can't say if the difference is because I'm in Europe, they've changed their practices more recently, or it's just luck of the draw.

rasz 4y ago

Like $400 "Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speaker System" released 20 years ago? "The Z-5500 will consistently give you great sound on a daily basis and was tested by THX experts as well as our audio team." "The Logitech Z-5500 is the best all-around PC speaker system we have used to date." "Incredible sound and tons of amplifier power (505-watt (RMS), total peak power output of 1010 watts)" All from a box fused at 120V 3A :-) and with 10% THD when even a low end home stereo systems were usually 0.1-0.9% THD. You open it up and find four dual channel TDA7294 powered with 2x26V giving maximum of ~30W per "62-69W" channel and ~60W for "188 watts" subwoofer. Logitech was always good at scamming unwashed masses and unsophisticated computer reviewers unable to read labels and small print.

Firmwarrior 4y ago

I've been having terrible luck with Logitech, and decided to never buy from them again. An $80 speaker set's audio input jack broke, and Logitech absolutely refused to fix it or help me in any way since it was a month or so past the one year warranty. I live right down the street from Logitech and could have just driven out to their HQ, but they completely stonewalled me.

stordoff 4y ago
FWIW, I've had the opposite experience with Logitech for mice: 2010: replaced a ~18-month-old MX400 with an MX620 under warranty after the left mouse button became unreliable (without proof of purchase) 2013: replaced that MX620 with an MX705 after I asked if it was possible to buy a replacement wireless receiver (part of the USB connecter had broken off IIRC) - I had assumed it would be well out of warranty as the original purchase was back in 2008. I can't say if the difference is because I'm in Europe, they've changed their practices more recently, or it's just luck of the draw.