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Mixing computer speakers?

AndroidVageta

AndroidVageta

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OK...so I have some pretty awesome Creative Gigaworks s750 satellite speakers and picked up a new (yes new) set of Logitech Z-680 5.1 speakers for $40 (yes $40)...anyways...I like the Creative speakers more than the Logitechs...can I use the Creative speakers with the Logitech amp/sub?

I mean, I know physically I can use the Creative speakers...but the speakers are rated for 70watts where as the Logitech is rated for 62watts per channel.

Should I be worried about "clipping" or whatever it is where it could overload the amp by using higher rated wattage speakers with underpowered amp? I just got these Logitechs and dont want them to break :/

If anyone can help me with this, then thanks!
 
Those ratings are meaningless.

Logitech's 62W at 10% THD is meaningless as well. In practice 0.1% THD is considered quite high for a modern amplifier, and Logitech's rating is 100 times worse. Practically speaking the usable power being fed to the satellites is probably under 10 watts.

Realistically speaking, people listen to clipping all the time. Classical music is notorious for high power requirements, and almost no amp can realistically handle them without clipping. Tchaikovsky's Adagio has a dynamic range of 45db, which means if your average listening level requires 1 watt of power, the peaks will require 450W. A single channel 500W amp (with a relatively small Class A section) weighs about 75lbs/ea or 150lb/pair, and probably put you back around $2k.

You shouldn't worry too much about clipping. The distortion from small satellite drivers will bother you enough to keep the volume dial down before you suffer significant clipping.
 
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So would it be safe to use the Gigaworks speakers with the Logitech sub? And I only ask because my old Logitechs (the 4.1 THX cert. model) blew when I had my bigger Onkyo speakers hooked up (rated 100watts)...now this could have been due to the sub/amp being older, but Id hate to blow my new set because the Gigaworks satellites are rated for ~10 more watts.
 
not optimal but possible. as said logitechs ratings are bs, people have torn down the speakers and the drivers inside are rated at far less than the bs amp rating, they know it doesn't matter.
the cross overs of the logitech sub is set for the sats it has but its not too big a difference in upgrade so no big deal. but it probably will be better, the logitech sats are just weak sauce.
 
Logitech sats arent THAT bad...I just like the warmer sound of the Gigaworks as well as the seperate titanium tweeter...just makes the sound more "full" and not so much "full-range" that the Logitechs are...make sense? 😛

In either case though, can we say its safe to use the Gigawork satellites then?
 
stick with the logitech set. Crossover points are probably not identical between the logitech and the creative so you may introduce a (bigger) gap between the sats and the woofer.
 
agree with above, the crossover points are going to be different. especially since you said the creative use a 2 way design and the logitechs are one way? if so then no way the crossover will be at the same level.
 
I admittedly did hook up some Klipsch speakers to a Z-680 sub for awhile as a stop-gap. It worked (and frankly improved the sound overall over the crappy Logitech sats), but as others have said there's still a big gap in the frequency range as the Logitech set sets the crossover really high (to compensate for their weak sats) and there isn't anything you can do about that.
 
Yeah...just tried the Creative satellites...and even though they are far superior speakers compared to the Logitechs (this is obvious) the lack of frequencies in the Creatives are VERY apparent...they sound very muddled like the tweeter is completely cut off...oh well...might as well use the Logitech satellites anyways, just to cut down on possible damage.

Thanks to all those that helped!!!
 
Actually decided to keep the Creative center channel though...despite its lack of higher frequencies the better woofer comes with better mids...makes dialogue much warmer and pleasant!
 
AndroidVageta said:
Actually decided to keep the Creative center channel though...despite its lack of higher frequencies the better woofer comes with better mids...makes dialogue much warmer and pleasant!
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your pan will sound funny then. Say a car going from left to right will sound weird when it goes from left to centre to right.
 
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