Good 5.1 speakers

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Gautama2
Will the rears auto-adjust to be louder if placed farther back, or can I do this via the included software?


And, how wowed will I be

Im excited.

Depending on which Logitech model you choose, you can adjust everything but the front speakers (Left and Right) separate from eachother. This is what I used when I turned the center speaker off.

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
You should have been able to play sounds on the rears with surround material if things were working right.

Yeah, I was tired of the oddity in not being able to play 5.1 audio (AC3) or even emulate standard 2-channel audio to play over 5 channels (via software splitters). Just let "da box" handle it all . Also, not being much of an audiophile, I can put up with something not being perfect (such as not 100% correct surround sound), but the one thing I can't stand is noise. Had a pair of headphones that constantly outputted noise and it was quite annoying.

 

[Twinpeaksr]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Twinpeaksr
http://www.paradigm.com/Website/SitePar...Models/CinemaCT/Cinema110CT_Specs.html

IF you want a HT go all out!

That's not all out

Alright, you got me!

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Better?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Twinpeaksr

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Twinpeaksr
http://www.paradigm.com/Website/SitePar...Models/CinemaCT/Cinema110CT_Specs.html

IF you want a HT go all out!

That's not all out

Alright, you got me!

http://signature.paradigm.com/HTML_Site/Company/ComanyPage.html

Better?

Closer, try around here

http://cgim.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/glb.pl

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: Gautama2
Will the rears auto-adjust to be louder if placed farther back, or can I do this via the included software?


And, how wowed will I be

Im excited.

Depending on which Logitech model you choose, you can adjust everything but the front speakers (Left and Right) separate from eachother. This is what I used when I turned the center speaker off.

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
You should have been able to play sounds on the rears with surround material if things were working right.

Yeah, I was tired of the oddity in not being able to play 5.1 audio (AC3) or even emulate standard 2-channel audio to play over 5 channels (via software splitters). Just let "da box" handle it all . Also, not being much of an audiophile, I can put up with something not being perfect (such as not 100% correct surround sound), but the one thing I can't stand is noise. Had a pair of headphones that constantly outputted noise and it was quite annoying.

Yeah, it's not a huge deal considering what most people are trying to accomplish with their computer audio systems

 

[Thetech]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Aikouka
I have a Logitech 5450 set and have had 0 problems with wireless devices in my area including a Logitech wireless router and my XBOX 360 (also uses 2.4Ghz wireless for the controllers). However, I do tend to turn off the speakers when using my XBOX as the speakers are hooked to my PC via optical not to my XBOX . The set's actually nice, but I'd highly recommend going from analog to optical, as I had a horrid time trying to get the proper sound channels to come out of the rear speakers ( not Logitech's fault ), but since an optical is one connection for all channels and the on-board DD processor handles the channel distribution, it worked much better.

The rear speakers do hiss a little bit if there's nothing coming out of them and you put your ear up to them, other than that, they're fine. They also only do this when your speakers are turned on and they're receiving a signal (regardless of whether or not there's actually anything on it). I kind of wish I would've waited as I paid $300 for them at NewEgg a couple days before that deal came out.

Optical would be a bad idea for gaming on a computer, but for gaming systems it's a good option.

Why is optical not a good idea for gaming on a computer?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Thetech

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Aikouka
I have a Logitech 5450 set and have had 0 problems with wireless devices in my area including a Logitech wireless router and my XBOX 360 (also uses 2.4Ghz wireless for the controllers). However, I do tend to turn off the speakers when using my XBOX as the speakers are hooked to my PC via optical not to my XBOX . The set's actually nice, but I'd highly recommend going from analog to optical, as I had a horrid time trying to get the proper sound channels to come out of the rear speakers ( not Logitech's fault ), but since an optical is one connection for all channels and the on-board DD processor handles the channel distribution, it worked much better.

The rear speakers do hiss a little bit if there's nothing coming out of them and you put your ear up to them, other than that, they're fine. They also only do this when your speakers are turned on and they're receiving a signal (regardless of whether or not there's actually anything on it). I kind of wish I would've waited as I paid $300 for them at NewEgg a couple days before that deal came out.

Optical would be a bad idea for gaming on a computer, but for gaming systems it's a good option.

Why is optical not a good idea for gaming on a computer?

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I'm not sure what the problem was with your personal experience of analog output, but there are definately advantages to conneting with analog over digital.

I already linked to this in this thread, but it's basically why you don't want to connect digitally for gaming unless you have a DD / DTS encoding card.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=30&threadid=1940133&enterthread=y

If your own integrated sound is fvcked up, then I guess that's a reason to do it too... but I wouldn't say something like "I'd highly recommend going from analog to optical" to someone else.

 

[Thetech]

Cool thanks YoYo, awesome article!

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Thetech
Cool thanks YoYo, awesome article!

Article? You're giving me too much credit