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Logitech z-640 5.1 Speaker System
Date: Friday, February 14, 2003
Author: Joe Di Figlia
Provided By: None
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Introduction
Those of us who enjoy the heart pounding action of tactical games have lately been engulfed in the search for that perfect set of speakers. Speakers that will leave you quivering in anticipation to hear the dredging of feet approaching behind you; while you conceal yourself in the darkness grasping your MP5 Navy, HE grenade and Black Hawk ready for action.
The importance of clarity, bass, and rich surround sound to today's gamer is most comparable to that of a surgeon and his scalpel. It is one of our tools, one of our extremities; encased in black plastic, adorned with a cloth grill, aluminum base and an easily accessible volume control (so you don't wake the baby in the loudness of your firefights). Logitech claims they have the answer to OUR needs with their affordable surround sound set, the Z-640. I wonder if they will cut the mustard, or the cheese for that matter.
Enclosed in this green and white box I am staring at in the middle of my kitchen floor is a 12" subwoofer that pounds 25.7 watts of bass through you and 5 satellite speakers that will deliver 45.5 Watts (2x 7.3w Front; 2x 7.3w Rear; and 16.3w Center) of bullets whizzing by your ear, even though they are in the box, I can imaging the sounds of my Black Hawk ripping through someone's Kevlar, and my girlfriend yelling in the background for me to lower the volume. But I can't, I need the sound, I need the clicks and swishes surrounding me in a whirlwind of very LOUD fire fights… I will not succumb to the daemons of half rated pc speakers.
Okay, let me get back on track here… the speakers are packed very well; there has obviously been some great effort in the packaging because there was a great effort in me unpacking them. The box is laid out fairly simple, up top you have your 3 satellite speakers and below is the rest. The first thing I noticed while pulling everything out is that the satellites use a color coded RCA like system, which makes connections VERY easy. I was a bit confused about the connection for the middle speaker; it uses a 15 pin connector, but if it works, I don't really care how it is connected.
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