3 starts BUT hear me out.......
So let me just set one thing straight. Your experience with these speakers will depend on how much you pay for them. With that said, here's my issue with them. The satellites. In my opinion, they dont sound that great. Yeah they get some decent volume but they just dont sound as clear as I was expecting. I dont know if that has to do with their small size or the fact that they are refurbished since they came with mesh covers instead of the open speaker look. Maybe they have diffrent speakers? Theres not way of telling since I cant see them to compare to the stock pics online and I dont want to bother opening them up since either way they dont sound good to me. What I DO know is that I tried out a different set of satellites from a Thonet & Vander DASS 2.1 system that had the same impedance and wattage rating and hooked them up to the Z533 sub speaker inputs. WOW!!! What a massive difference!!
The clarity that came through was just night and day. Where this set shines is in the bass. The stock Z533 subwoofer delivers a punch that the sub on that Thonet & Vander set's subwoofer just didn't deliver. But on the flip side the satellites on that set just paired perfectly with this Logitech! Go figure! Now I got the best of both worlds and LOVE the sound of my setup now. Plenty of punch and volume when I want!
So all in all this is where I want to come back to the matter of pricing. I paid $35 w/free shipping for these refurbished. They go for around $60 or higher new. Would I pay that much for a new set? Probably not, mainly because I can find a set of z633 with THX surround for $89 which would be a better buy. But for $50 or lower I would say go for it. If theyre refurbished I would say $40 or lower would be ok because there's no telling if the satellite speakers on it would have the same issue I did. But someone else might think they sound just fine so like I said, your mileage will vary.
If you have a set of spare satellites rated at 8 ohm 15 watt I would recommend trying them out on here. If they arent wired for a RCA type jack you can to what I did and just strip the wires of some spare RCA cables you might have around and wire the bare ground wire to the ground of the speaker wire and the other wire will be your lead which will obviously go to your other speaker wire. Just two wires, no soldering needed, just electrical tape to make sure it doesnt untie and youre set!
The main thing you want to keep in mind is to see if the other satellites have bigger speaker than the logitech ones. The logitech speakers are just too small in my opinion and could be why they sound a bit muddied up as you increase the volume as they may be distorting sooner than a bigger speaker would at the same volume. Whichi is a shame because the Logitech ones look really nice. But the sub is VERY GOOD so for me its worth at least the $35 I spent.
Anyways sorry for the long rant but now you can see why I gave this 3 stars, because since I only used half of the set technically, I couldnt give it 5 stars although the sub definitely deserves it! In fact, unless you just want to get it brand new, I would suggest looking for a listing selling just the sub since it's the main power section as well. So if you already have some spare satellite speakers from another system and just need the powered sub then this would be a great combo! Just make sure your satellites are rated at 8 OHM 15W or you may stress the power section too much if its way mismatched!
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