Logitech X-530 5.1 Speaker System

[Patrick Wolf]

I'm looking to buy these speakers mainly for my Xbox, and watching movies on my TV - which is about 8-10 years old now, but still a pretty decent 27" TV. I'll probably hook the speakers up through my DVD Recorder if that'll makes a difference in sound quality or not, I don't know.

I already have an awesome speaker setup for my PC (Klipsch ProMedia 5.1). Now I was going to juet settle for a nice 2.1 setup for my TV, but than I tested out HL2 on my PC comparing 5.1 and 2.1. 5.1 sounds much more immersive and makes the game in general sound a lot better over 2.1. So now I really want 5.1 for a decent price.

The X- 530 seems perfect for me, except it lacks DTS and Dolby digital but I'm not worried about that. I'm on a budget and don't need/want anything earth shattering

I'm confused though, there's seems to be two different models:
970114-0403: 40Hz to 20kHz
970114-1403: 35Hz to 20KHz

see here
This site shows the difference is the wattage, but it's not as I have searched for it.

Now obviously the 1403 has the better frequency response but I googled speaker frequency response and wised up.

And I'm probably being picky but I just want to make the right decison. Which model should I get? The 0403 seems to be the most common and best rated (at Pricegrabber).

 

[velis]

for $2 difference I'd take the 1403. It's freq response suggests it has a bit better speakers or amplifier.
It seems it's just a new revision of 0403 which would explain the lack of reviews - not many have had a chance to buy it yet
Otherwise you'll be quite happy with either.

Edit: I checked out the Logitech site. There's no mention of 1403 model there ?!?!! But 0403 has 70W sub RMS power and total RMS power is 140W. It might be that we're just talking the same thing here in regard to these two models. Either way, i'd go for 1403 (if it's at all real).

 

[goobernoodles]

Its not speaker response time, rather, the frequency range that the speaker can produce sound.

140 Watts is the total peak power of the x-530, the total RMS is 70. None of the sites listed for the 140w specifically said they were 140 watts RMS, so I'm assuming its just not true.

How and why could logitech DOUBLE the wattage of a low range set of speakers?

 

[Patrick Wolf]

Originally posted by: goobernoodles
140 Watts is the total peak power of the x-530, the total RMS is 70. None of the sites listed for the 140w specifically said they were 140 watts RMS, so I'm assuming its just not true.

Yup, I think pricegrabber is just a little inaccurate there. Anyway I e-mailed Logitech just now and asked the difference between these models.