rak_32 said:
i was wondering how those small speakers could generate sound to fill up a medium sized room and actually sound half decent?
AVRAt already posted the link to my thread, where due to cash flow I used my logitech speakers and sub for quite a few months. Originally this was a 4.1 "THX" computer speaker system, although I'm not exactly sure what THX means in this case.
Honestly, these little guys and the sub did pretty decent in my room, especially given the price point ($130 almost 4 years ago now). It certainly wowed the crowd who had never really been exposed to a decent surround system before.
But once I had the cash, took off the training wheels, and bought some real speakers (Ascends) the inadequacy of the logitechs was pretty apparent. I had been missing a lot of the mid-bass and while these little guys can belt it out in the near field when listening from 10 feet away they lose a lot of their sound and imaging capabilities. Furthermore I was forcing the sub to go much higher than it should, which resulted in a forced / muddy mid-bass.
The logitechs have now stepped back down to my computer desk where they are more up to the task at hand. They will always hold a special place in my heart, like a 5th grade crush.
Would I recommend this as a way to step into the world of "poor mans" surround sound? If you were cash constrained and wanted to prove the basic concept (like me at the time), absolutely. But I'd also recommend that someone looking at this should definetly plan to move up the ladder at the first opportunity.
~Josh