Noob alert** Fine Tuning Logitech Z-680's

[retromangia]

hey guys,

This is my very first post here at Audioholics... and I'm glad i found this place. Seems like the best spot on the net for Audio junkies.

Anyhow, i know this system is probably crap to most people, but I have the Logitech Z-680's setup for my Home Theater pleasure. I've had it for a couple years now, and it never sounded the way i wanted it to.

Does anyone know where i can find a guide to tuning this speaker system? The instruction booklet tells my squat about the tuning settings on the pod.

My first concern is that when watching TV/movies/ playing Video games... the voices are very low... but when a crowd applauses or something "loud" happens, the speakers are way to loud! I'm thinking there's some tuning needed here, but I don't know where to start.

Also when playing games on my xbox or ps2 that have dolby support, I almost always use the "2x stereo" option instead of the true "5.1 dolby dts" because the dolby option always sounds lower and dull, and the voices coming out of the middle speaker are always way to low compared to the other 4.

If anyone has experience with this system I'd love to hear from you!

sorry for the novel =)

-Retromangia

 

[retromangia]

can anyone give me some pointers please??

anybody out there?

 

[kleinwl]

Unfortunitly I've never used this kind of set up, but if your center channel is too low it could be that the material is not mixed correctly (ie it says it's 5.1, but is actually mixed sterio) or the center channel is weak or the control box is down tuning the center. I expect that the center is down tuned, since this box is designed for computer/game use. And the dialog in games can be increase/decreased in volume seperate from the SFX volume. What you may want to try is fitting the speakers to a true receiver and see if that fixes the problem (dump the Logitec control box).