Affordable Logitech Z607 speakers with 5.1 surround sound, Bluetooth and FM radio
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Incredible Lama
That looks pretty good to me, subwoofer seems small but nowadays I live in an apartment block anyway.
Anyone who would advice against a wireless solutions in this Bluetooth-fest for some reason? Does audio quality suffer?
Denial
Depends on the implementation - if it's using like AptX HD it will be pretty good regular bluetooth might be noticeable but I don't think people buying $150, 5.1 Channel speaker setups are looking for audiophile playback anyway.
RealNC
That FM radio though...
tunejunky
Yes, bluetooth audio is not high fidelity.
ever.
is it convenient? certainly, but so were 8 track cassettes vs. LP records (and also sounded worse than).
at best, under ideal circumstances, bluetooth might sound as good as a cassette tape. which was good enough for some.
in all honesty, every single bluetooth audio device ever made sounds better plugged in (if you can) where you will hear a clearly audible improvement in sound from turning off the bluetooth.
i've even stopped using it in the car...where there's way more noise than in the home.
tunejunky
true dat, but you'd hear the difference anyways between wired and bluetooth
Denial
Yeah you'd definitely hear it but I think, like you said, its more about the convenience and people shopping at that price range probably prefer the convenience over the quality loss. If you want the best of both worlds it appears to have an aux port - you could run something like a chromecast audio to it for $35.
DownwithEA
Unless Logitech has improved its quality control from the z506 speakers I'd recommend a different brand. Within a week my sub would cut out completely from mild use. Also Logitech customer support was a nightmare to initiate the RMA process. Reviews are high for the z506 speakers but peer into them and these issues start to show. Cheap price yes. Worth it no. However, I could be wrong about this new product. That's just my experience.
RealNC
aptX-HD supports 576kbps. It is transparent. Support for it is another matter though...
Solfaur
I'm still rocking my Z-5500 after what must have been like 10 years 😱 now that I think about it. I know it might be not ideal for audiophiles, but it served me very well over the years. Bought some second hand spare speakers after one of the started crackling like 2 years ago, but other than that, it's damn durable. I wonder if I'll ever find a worthy replacement, this is likely not it.
fry178
@tunejunky
Not all BT is the same.
Lots of Hi-res audio equipment out there supporting 900kbit and around 5-8 different codecs/processing from the different companies/brands behind it.
Looked up the specs what 4.xx and 5.xx can do..
Besided that, its not even hires or thx certified, and the ppl buying for BT most likely ate not looking for high quality sound, the ones that do will most likely not even look at this.
Similar to complaining that car yx can only do 60mph, when the speed limit is 55..
🙄
illrigger
I am still using the speakers from my Z680s all these years later, although they are now surround speakers connected to my AV receiver - they have banana plug compatible screw terminals and standard speaker mounts on them even! Logitech made some amazing stuff in years gone by - I would bet these new ones do not meet the high expectations that we have, though.
James Frazer
I'm laughing at all the 'hate' for BT audio considering the explosion of BT head/earphones in recent years. As long as your connected device is going to be in the same room, the vast majority of people will be happy. The quality of the audio in the first place will be much more important. So if you listen to MP3's for example, again you'll be fine.
Astyanax
Still going to have horrible mid range, just get an Edifier 5.1 set.
Solfaur
It depends on the game. If it's an RPG or something like AC I like to use my HyperX Cloud II headphones, but if I play say a Battlefield game, then I sure as hell want my 5.1 Z-5550 (dat bass) to blast the shit out of the neighbours. It help having noisy neighbours, like I do, because if they would complain, I'd complain about them too lol. Also movies are way better on surround. 🙄
Noisiv
I don't get it: If you listen to mp3 (compressed, lossy audio) you'll be fine? As opposed to what: FLAC, WAV?
Also you're saying that what's important is the quality of audio source itself. Well of course it is, but I never quite understood that argument.
I mean what's the alternative? Say you have a poorly recorded, or poorly encoded piece of audio (game, song wahtever); what you gonna do? Refuse to play it?
Anyway... these are not audiophile grade speakers. Bluetooth (aptX, HD, or not) is at least an order of magnitude more transparent than most speakers out there, including these.
So yes, Bluetooth audio is more than adequate for these speakers.
moab600
Bluethooth audio came long way since AptX HD via 4.2+, as i have the Jabra Elite 65+ Active mainly for gym, i found myself using it everyday instead of mine wired E70(400$ in ear).
Convince, but mainly because the DAC on all the smartphone(except LG V30,G7,V40) is pretty bad, and i hate to carry extra dongles.
Noisiv
Except my S6 slays them all 😛
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s6-review-1227p7.php
https://www.gsmarena.com/lg_g7_thinq-review-1786p3.php#lt
gx-x
You probably won't. After getting used to that colored sound with dynamics ramped up, anything hi-fi will sound weak and shallow to you, until you get used to hearing what has actually been recorded over what logi reproduced. But there is nothing wrong to being used to that logi sound. You might want to look into Altec Lansing for replacement. They are a bit more expensive (in a higher multimedia class 2.1 or 5.1) but will keep that dynamic range ramp up and will have a bit more of that true to life sound to them.
I am saying this because I had a friend who owned Z-5500's sit in the listening room with very good speaker set up, and he didn't like it, preferred Z-5500. It's just a habit. Once, long time ago, I had Altec Lansing ATP3. I gave them away and got JBL monitors, incl. subwoofer, amplifier and so on. I preferred ATP3 sound, for a while. After I got "unhooked" and heard the ATP3 again after quite some time, I was able to hear what is missing (sound wise) from them. Still sounded good for a 100$ system.
Noisiv
Yeah I remember that. He called me swearing up and down his badboys was wiping the floor with you 😛
fry178
@Astyanax
Anything below 300-500 for their 2 or 2.1 (and up) isnt any better, especially regarding materials/drivers used.
The 2.1 edi i bought when it was on sale, was broken out of box.
Driver from the sub broke off, while no damage on outside or even the shipping box.
After i opened it to see if i can fix it, i knew why...
If someone would have shown the system to me without label, i would have guessed no-name 30$ unit from a discounter.
I bought/sold a couple of logitech speakers (and others) in the past +20y including used/ebay stuff, and not once did i see the same prob.
And they also sounded better.
Owning 300 sennheisers running headphone amp and decent dac,
so im not mistaking dynamic sound ala beats as "quality"..
