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| Date Reviewed: 12/15/2004 |
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Strengths: User friendly. Easy set-up and controls. Very versatile. It has very little distortion at the upper volume and terrific presence at the lower volume. Excellent price for such a fine product.
Weaknesses: None.
Summary: 2004-12-16 19:37:05 This product is excellent for expanding the use of a computer, tv, vcr, dvd or game player. The performance, simplicity and value of this high end system comes at a bargain basement price.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/11/2006 |
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Strengths: Good power. Sound great after using Volume Logic
Weaknesses: Without EQ mids are "soft". lacking in 200-400 khz range
Summary: I'd read all the reviews about weak midrange, hoped for the best anyway but, the "wimpy-mid" reviews are correct. These speakers lack mid punch. I tried many iTunes EQ settings but couldn't pull out the proper frequnecies needed for a good snare drum crack or vocal attack. Cranking it loud helped but softer volumes had the "boom-hiss" sound that I loathe about most sub-sat designs. The mids almost sound like they're somehow compressed. I was dissapointed and thought it would be one of those "well, wadya expect for $99" kinda deals.
But then ... I downloaded Volume Logic for iTunes and WOW! It brought back all the frequncies in familiar music tracks (most noteably the the amazing woody snare crack in Rush's Moving Pictures album) and created a nice sound stage in acoustic music like Allison Krausse as well as classical music. Even though it's not a graphic EQ and not all that "adjustable", it surpasses iTunes EQ hands down. I'm guessing Volume Logic uses better frequency logarythms than iTunes.
Of course Volume Logic doesn't help DVD playback but, after 30 min of LOTR just now, they're not bad at all ... great thump and clarity. The bass volume control is really handy. They seem to sound better for movies than music (music played without V.L.) I upgraded from a $50 Altec 2.1 set that I've had for years (and really liked but they didn't offer enough power or low end for DVD playback). The Logitech's really add nice soundstage and detail not found in most 2.1 computer speakers. After $99 for the speakers plus adding Volume Logic, I'm very happy and excited about the Z-2300's.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/11/2005 |
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Strengths: Ultra clear, frequency response is amazing! Work-Horse too! Low distortion at very high volumes. Highly... Highly recommend!
Weaknesses: Some hummm when turned up and nothing playing. (May be my connectors)
Summary: I thought they were distorting until I realized that it was the pictures on the wall were vibrating! What else can I say?
Very pleased!
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| Date Reviewed: 12/19/2004 |
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Strengths: crisp clear sound, very loud
Weaknesses: none
Summary: I am well pleased with this 2.1 speaker set. They are much better than my last set of speakers. The subwoofer is bigger than I was expecting but no big deal since I have the room for it. Sound is very loud and crisp, no hissing is noticable with the volume cut way down. Very nice and sleek looking speakers.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/05/2005 |
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 I currently own a set of Z-2200s and have written ... Strengths: Powerful subwoofer, 200w output
Weaknesses: Weak satellites in comparison to the z-2200
Summary: I currently own a set of Z-2200s and have written a review on them, and I must say I couldn't be happier with any 2.1 config. I bought the 2300 for my bro, ut right out of the box I wasnt very impressed. Of course logitech has gone to some lengths in terms or aesthetics, but the biggest flaw in design is the reduction in the satellite driver. This actually leaves much to be desired as I felt the satellites just couldnt keep up with the bass at higher volumes. I dont understand why Logitech chose to reduce the size of the driver in a newer model, but I personally consider it to be a bad move. I would still recommend the 2200s over the 2300s.
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| Date Reviewed: 06/01/2006 |
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Strengths: awesome bass response, controls separate from speakers, sheer power!!
Weaknesses: satellite drivers could be bigger for better midrange response, blue led is too bright.
Summary: i got mine from JustDeals for about $62 after shipping (they always have some of the best deals around for refurbs (r0x0rs!)).
FOR THE PRICE, no better system exists. as an example of the power of this set, listen: for steady listening, i never turn the volume knob higher than 25%. turn it up to 50%, and you can hear it through walls loud and clear. wow.
the sub is more than ample for home use, at 120W. even though it is only 8", it kicks like a 10" or maybe even a 12".
the satellites can put out an impressive amount of sound, too, at 40W per channel. the only room for improvement is to increase the size of the woofers: there is a significant gap between the satellites & the sub as far as frequency response. sub has pounding lows, satellites have crystal-clear highs, but the mid-range isn't there in full force. sound is still great though. this is the one area where the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 set is better. but i must say, this set looks 20 times better than the Klipsch (and is rated for 40 more watts).
You'll never go wrong with a great Logitech product, such as this (or my G5 laser mouse).
to those of you who complain about humming, you probably have CRT monitors, right? cuz they will do that to speakers that are not magnetically shielded ... and i guess these aren't. but if you have a flat panel LCD like i do, you'd say "humming? huh? what humming?"
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| Date Reviewed: 01/04/2006 |
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Strengths: awesome bass, good looking system, great sound quality and value
Weaknesses: hardwired speakers and stereo input cables
Summary: After reading some of the negative reviews on this site, I wasnt sure I wanted to purchase these speakers. But the number of positive reviews greatly exceeded that of the negative so I went ahead and ordered them online. After recieving these and testing various types of music on them I can say I am greatly satisfied. I was really surprised at how loud these speakers actually get, I really couldnt turn them up more than 3/4th of the way without rattling stuff off my shelves. Some reviewers mention a lack of midtone definition but I cannot notice any lack of performance in sound quaility. I was actually pretty inpressed with the sound they produce considering they only cost me $85. The bass is just amazing, loud, and clear. The sattelites, although small and sleek, produce very big sound as well and are not overpowered by the massive subwoofer. The overall look of the system is very clean modern, and elegant. For the space they take up these speakers can easily fill a great multiple of that with clear, clean, distortion free, excellent sound. I would say for under $100 there are no better speakers you can buy. Almost every aspect of this set surpassed my expectations. If you are concerned about reviews questioning its sound quality, either spend a whole lot more for slighlty better sounding music, or buy these which may I remind you are THX certified for under $100. By far the best in its price range and over, and then some.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/02/2004 |
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Strengths: The sound you get for this price is phenomenal. The speakers are loud, clear, and much better than expected.
Weaknesses: Logitech includes an adapter to plug in a standard audio device instead of the sound card - but it would be MUCH better if there were an input on the volume control for an iPod or something similar.
Summary: I love these speakers and I'm really, really happy with my purchase. I don't think you can do any better for around $100. My old computer speakers went straight to the trash once these arrived. Get them while you can - they were surprisingly hard to get ahold of for me.
Make sure you email whatever seller you buy from to see how soon they can ship. I had to cancel 2 orders because they were backordered and finally ended up waiting almost 3 weeks for mine.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/23/2007 |
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 Unpleasant to listen to Strengths: Not terribly expensive,
Best Buy gave me the Promedias at the price of Logitechs
Weaknesses: Bloated bass,
Aggitated highs,
relatively non-existent mid range,
poor dispersion
Summary: 2008-02-22 20:59:32 Once upon a time I wrote a publication and I had to deal with PC speakers. Logitech was always one of the more accessible companies for PR but I never cared for their speakers. Anytime they came across my desk I'd never was terribly impressed.
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Today I no longer review PC speakers for $$$ so I've lost touch with the PC audio market. When I checked out, the Klipsch Promedias were still the king of the hill. Let's face it, PC speakers are cheap. They're cheaply made, and will never challange a good ol' traditional set of speakers with a quality receiver/amplification. Now my home G5 uses floor standing JBLs but for the office I needed something compact and cheap.
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I've always respected CNET as a review site, they're generally every bit as hard nosed as I demand in a reviewer so when they tossed 9.0, I was rather impressed.
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I headed over to Best Buy and had them price match circuit city, to save $30. I took them home, tested out, what I heard wasn't the product I read about.
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The Logitech speakers by the picture looked like a classic 3-way design (tweeter, mid, sub) but instead used dipolar or Phase plug whatever, single nippilized drivers in place of tweeters. Trying to recreate a full 20Hz-20KHz range on two speakers is next to impossible. Somewhere it'll suffer. Generally quality center channels sport two-way designs and feature multiple mid sized drivers to make up for bass reproduction as two 5 1/2 drivers have roughly the surface area of a single 8 inch. However, when a single driver is forced to recreate roughly 6-7 octaves, somewhere it'll suffer. (See Bose for classic example of poor speaker design). 2-way isn't without one single strength. It eliminates the need of an extra crossover which adds to the cost and means more engineering. To properly blend a speaker over its multiple drivers so its not missing frequency ranges is an art.
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Now a lot of people get excited by the THX logo, a "quality insurance" tag that a speaker maker must submit their product to (at the cost of the maker) to see if it meets the expectations of Lucas LTD. If it does, it gets a happy THX logo to press on the box. There's a bit of payola that goes on, because of the cost means some companies will never bother with the THX review process. However generally it has been an indicator that the product at least went through some form of engineering and testing. Its better than nothing.
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The logitechs are without soul. They pack in a ridculously over bassed sub. It isn't for music lovers at all, strictly loud booming undefined bass, great for booms and bangs, but not all the complimentary to listening to a great bassline. It'll chew up your hip hop and it'll mangle your rock. Its not a bad sub, but its application seems rather one sided. The sub itself really isn't all that bad but for speakers for listening to music in the office? Nope.
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The real weak point are the satillites, no matter the positioning they sounded off. The bizarre part is they sounded fine a room over, but in the same room they were nasally and much too narrow field. Vocals sounded lacked lower mid range making for unflattering voices. The highs seemed overly expressed. All in all it made for weak presentation.
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Going back to the reviewer days, the best speakers arguably I touched were the EV SonicXSes, no longer made. Big. Ugly. Agressive horn tweeters but never the less one of the most complete speaker packages made. They were the only thing that challanged the Klipsch Promedias.
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Fast forward 5 years later to today. The Promedias are again without challange as Telex bounced out of the PC market much too fast missing the PC explosion that'd follow.
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I returned the Logitechs for the Klipsch Promedias, the same speakers I touched 5 years ago. Without question the Promedias put the Z2300s to shame with much more balanced sound, silly horn tweeters, midrange drivers and sub and all.
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Do yourself a favor, get the Promedias or try your luck for the EV SonicXSes or even more oldschool, the ACS-48s (They're still better than anything Altec Lansing has made in the past 9 years). This things are junk.
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| Date Reviewed: 02/25/2005 |
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Overall, the sound is pretty good from these speak ...
Strengths: Sound fidelity. Cost. Size. Appearance
Weaknesses: Hum/hissing sound when power is on but nothing is playing.
Summary: Overall, the sound is pretty good from these speakers. For computer speakers, their fidelity is pretty good. However, I am disappointed by a hum/hissing sound that comes out of the speakers even no input is being sent. This is significant enough that I gave these speakers to my wife for her computer (which is noisier) and kept my Monsoon Planar Media PM-14's for my computer.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/25/2004 |
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This is an overall good product for the price. Def ...
Strengths: solid design, good looks
Weaknesses: bass distortion at high levels
Summary: This is an overall good product for the price. Definitely better than products available for 50% more. The design is pleasing to look at.
The only problem I have with this is the bass distortion at high volumes, but you can't expect Cadence sounds from a Logitech, especially at such a great price. The gain control for the sub is just sweet. My old desktop speakers are now in the big recycling dump in the sky.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/13/2005 |
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Strengths: Excellent, thundering bass, crystal clear sound at all levels of volume, very loud, lots of power
Weaknesses: None
Summary: This is the best set of 2.1 computer speakers that are on the market today. They have great sound to go with the amazing subwoofer and even sound good coming out of my TV and game systems. If you are thinking about buying the Harmon Kardon SoundSticks II, please save your money and buy these. These are much more powerful and sound just as good, if not better. If you like listening to music, no matter what kind, buy the Logitech Z-2300 set.
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| Date Reviewed: 02/05/2005 |
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Strengths: very clear even at maximum volume, lifelike, low distortion ,bassy
Weaknesses: Too heave, especially the subwoofer. They are not easy to carry out.
Summary: I bought the speaker 5 days ago. The 120(W)subwoofer is really amazing. It provides solid lows and great dispersion.
They sounds vividly when I play my DVD movies on the computer.They are suitable for listening in a large room
I highly recommend it.
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| Date Reviewed: 02/02/2005 |
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Strengths: Great bass - bass sounds nice and surround. It's not like other systems where bass is loud and annoying. The sound very nice and clear.
Weaknesses: NONE
Summary: 2005-02-02 20:13:24 If you are buying a 2.1 system, don't hesitate and get this. This is the best 2.1 speaker existed. You will probably need a good sound card like audigy for this to get really good sound. You can even check CNET - this speaker system receives 9/10 rating.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/26/2005 |
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Strengths: worth for money..the quality of sound is clear and good..
Weaknesses: little distortion
Summary: This is an overall good product for the price. Definitely better than products available for 50% more. The design is pleasing to look at.
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