logitech z-5500 speaker connections? ohm ratings?

[amd4life]

hey all I need a set of computer speakers, and while I prefer the klipsch, ive been through 3 sets of bad amps, and dont wnat to deal anymore with that

so anyway they are on sale at mwave for 214 shipped

but I need to know if I can switch out the satellites? ie are the speakers hardwired in the back, or do they have the clip connectors like the klipsch do, as I have some older satellites laying around

and lastly anyone happen to know the ohm rating on the subwoofer, and the satellites? are they 6 ohm or 8 ohm?

thanks

 

[nboy22]

Don't know the ohm rating, I believe they used to run off of RCAs.. but now they ship with speaker clips on the back, not hard wired. So you can switch out the satellites.

 

[amd4life]

yeah figured it out

they are all 8 ohm

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: amd4life
yeah figured it out

they are all 8 ohm

What size wire do you need with that or does it matter? My current z-560's are setup with some 16 (or 18... whatever it is it's larger than the standard z-560 wire) guage wire I picked up and as they are failing I am looking to replace them with the 5500's. Would the same wire work for the new speakers as well? thanks!

-spike

 

[amd4life]

im using monster 16ga, with small pin plugs on the ends, I bought the wire and measured it against the stock wire, and crimped the pin plugs on the ends

 

[Mr N8]

Originally posted by: Spike

Originally posted by: amd4life
yeah figured it out

they are all 8 ohm

What size wire do you need with that or does it matter? My current z-560's are setup with some 16 (or 18... whatever it is it's larger than the standard z-560 wire) guage wire I picked up and as they are failing I am looking to replace them with the 5500's. Would the same wire work for the new speakers as well? thanks!

-spike

Yes, the same wires will work. The current version of the Z-5500 uses standard speaker wire. I held off on buying mine until they got rid of the RCA connector sattelites.

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: Mr N8

Originally posted by: Spike

Originally posted by: amd4life
yeah figured it out

they are all 8 ohm

What size wire do you need with that or does it matter? My current z-560's are setup with some 16 (or 18... whatever it is it's larger than the standard z-560 wire) guage wire I picked up and as they are failing I am looking to replace them with the 5500's. Would the same wire work for the new speakers as well? thanks!

-spike

Yes, the same wires will work. The current version of the Z-5500 uses standard speaker wire. I held off on buying mine until they got rid of the RCA connector sattelites.

Great, thanks for the answers (did not mean to threadjack OP...) I may order a set of these soon as my now 3.1 set of z-560's is getting annoying. The whole deaf in one corner makes it hard to spot enemies in BF 2...

Still, they will make a kick butt 2.1 setup for another pc.

-spike