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The kit id based on a 25W subwoofer and five satellite speakers (55 watts rms total). You can listen to sources via 3.5mm, RCA cables, Bluetooth 4.2, an SD card and a USB stick (both up to 32 GB). A nice extra is the built-in FM radio. Extra-long 6.2m rear satellite speaker cables allow for optimal placement in living rooms, gaming spaces, offices, bedrooms—just about anywhere you want.
Set them on desks, consoles, and end tables, or easily mount them to the wall.2 With 160 Watts Peak, this 5.1 speaker system wraps your space in high-quality audio that sounds amazing. Enjoy true surround sound from any source—your TV, phone, computer, games, and more. You can even play audio content directly from SD cards, USB drives or FM radio.
The 133.35 mm subwoofer driver pumps out bass you can feel, while the included remote and extra-long rear cables make it easy to set up and use. Logitech will make the Z607 Surround Sound with bluetooth available from November 23 for a suggested retail price of 129 euros.
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#5600626 Posted on: 10/27/2018 09:00 AM
I don't get it: If you listen to mp3 (compressed, lossy audio) you'll be fine? As opposed to what: FLAC, WAV?
Also you're saying that what's important is the quality of audio source itself. Well of course it is, but I never quite understood that argument.
I mean what's the alternative? Say you have a poorly recorded, or poorly encoded piece of audio (game, song wahtever); what you gonna do? Refuse to play it?
Anyway... these are not audiophile grade speakers. Bluetooth (aptX, HD, or not) is at least an order of magnitude more transparent than most speakers out there, including these.
So yes, Bluetooth audio is more than adequate for these speakers.
I'm laughing at all the 'hate' for BT audio considering the explosion of BT head/earphones in recent years. As long as your connected device is going to be in the same room, the vast majority of people will be happy. The quality of the audio in the first place will be much more important. So if you listen to MP3's for example, again you'll be fine.
I don't get it: If you listen to mp3 (compressed, lossy audio) you'll be fine? As opposed to what: FLAC, WAV?
Also you're saying that what's important is the quality of audio source itself. Well of course it is, but I never quite understood that argument.
I mean what's the alternative? Say you have a poorly recorded, or poorly encoded piece of audio (game, song wahtever); what you gonna do? Refuse to play it?
Anyway... these are not audiophile grade speakers. Bluetooth (aptX, HD, or not) is at least an order of magnitude more transparent than most speakers out there, including these.
So yes, Bluetooth audio is more than adequate for these speakers.
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#5600648 Posted on: 10/27/2018 10:49 AM
Bluethooth audio came long way since AptX HD via 4.2+, as i have the Jabra Elite 65+ Active mainly for gym, i found myself using it everyday instead of mine wired E70(400$ in ear).
Convince, but mainly because the DAC on all the smartphone(except LG V30,G7,V40) is pretty bad, and i hate to carry extra dongles.
Bluethooth audio came long way since AptX HD via 4.2+, as i have the Jabra Elite 65+ Active mainly for gym, i found myself using it everyday instead of mine wired E70(400$ in ear).
Convince, but mainly because the DAC on all the smartphone(except LG V30,G7,V40) is pretty bad, and i hate to carry extra dongles.
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#5600662 Posted on: 10/27/2018 11:52 AM
Bluethooth audio came long way since AptX HD via 4.2+, as i have the Jabra Elite 65+ Active mainly for gym, i found myself using it everyday instead of mine wired E70(400$ in ear).
Convince, but mainly because the DAC on all the smartphone(except LG V30,G7,V40) is pretty bad, and i hate to carry extra dongles.
Except my S6 slays them all :p
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-review-1227p7.php
https://www.gsmarena.com/lg-g7-thinq-review-1786p3.php#lt
Bluethooth audio came long way since AptX HD via 4.2+, as i have the Jabra Elite 65+ Active mainly for gym, i found myself using it everyday instead of mine wired E70(400$ in ear).
Convince, but mainly because the DAC on all the smartphone(except LG V30,G7,V40) is pretty bad, and i hate to carry extra dongles.
Except my S6 slays them all :p
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-review-1227p7.php
https://www.gsmarena.com/lg-g7-thinq-review-1786p3.php#lt
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#5600689 Posted on: 10/27/2018 02:04 PM
Cant fault ya,if the neighbours started the war its their own fault.I owned the Corsair SP2500 set a few years back(not surround though,2.1),that BadBoy Sub nearly blew my effing windows out.Had noisey neighbours who played loud music at daft o'clock almost everyday,so I bought these and we would have loudness conflicts quite often.With these suckers I was the victor.LoL
.Also BF in surround is awesome.
It depends on the game. If it's an RPG or something like AC I like to use my HyperX Cloud II headphones, but if I play say a Battlefield game, then I sure as hell want my 5.1 Z-5550 (dat bass) to blast the crap out of the neighbours. It help having noisy neighbours, like I do, because if they would complain, I'd complain about them too lol. Also movies are way better on surround. 
Cant fault ya,if the neighbours started the war its their own fault.I owned the Corsair SP2500 set a few years back(not surround though,2.1),that BadBoy Sub nearly blew my effing windows out.Had noisey neighbours who played loud music at daft o'clock almost everyday,so I bought these and we would have loudness conflicts quite often.With these suckers I was the victor.LoL
.Also BF in surround is awesome.
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#5600692 Posted on: 10/27/2018 02:27 PM
You probably won't. After getting used to that colored sound with dynamics ramped up, anything hi-fi will sound weak and shallow to you, until you get used to hearing what has actually been recorded over what logi reproduced. But there is nothing wrong to being used to that logi sound. You might want to look into Altec Lansing for replacement. They are a bit more expensive (in a higher multimedia class 2.1 or 5.1) but will keep that dynamic range ramp up and will have a bit more of that true to life sound to them.
I am saying this because I had a friend who owned Z-5500's sit in the listening room with very good speaker set up, and he didn't like it, preferred Z-5500. It's just a habit. Once, long time ago, I had Altec Lansing ATP3. I gave them away and got JBL monitors, incl. subwoofer, amplifier and so on. I preferred ATP3 sound, for a while. After I got "unhooked" and heard the ATP3 again after quite some time, I was able to hear what is missing (sound wise) from them. Still sounded good for a 100$ system.
I'm still rocking my Z-5500 after what must have been like 10 years 
now that I think about it. I know it might be not ideal for audiophiles, but it served me very well over the years. Bought some second hand spare speakers after one of the started crackling like 2 years ago, but other than that, it's damn durable. I wonder if I'll ever find a worthy replacement, this is likely not it.
now that I think about it. I know it might be not ideal for audiophiles, but it served me very well over the years. Bought some second hand spare speakers after one of the started crackling like 2 years ago, but other than that, it's damn durable. I wonder if I'll ever find a worthy replacement, this is likely not it.You probably won't. After getting used to that colored sound with dynamics ramped up, anything hi-fi will sound weak and shallow to you, until you get used to hearing what has actually been recorded over what logi reproduced. But there is nothing wrong to being used to that logi sound. You might want to look into Altec Lansing for replacement. They are a bit more expensive (in a higher multimedia class 2.1 or 5.1) but will keep that dynamic range ramp up and will have a bit more of that true to life sound to them.
I am saying this because I had a friend who owned Z-5500's sit in the listening room with very good speaker set up, and he didn't like it, preferred Z-5500. It's just a habit. Once, long time ago, I had Altec Lansing ATP3. I gave them away and got JBL monitors, incl. subwoofer, amplifier and so on. I preferred ATP3 sound, for a while. After I got "unhooked" and heard the ATP3 again after quite some time, I was able to hear what is missing (sound wise) from them. Still sounded good for a 100$ system.
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#5600706 Posted on: 10/27/2018 02:48 PM
Yeah I remember that. He called me swearing up and down his badboys was wiping the floor with you :p
Cant fault ya,if the neighbours started the war its their own fault.I owned the Corsair SP2500 set a few years back(not surround though,2.1),that BadBoy Sub nearly blew my effing windows out.Had noisey neighbours who played loud music at daft o'clock almost everyday,so I bought these and we would have loudness conflicts quite often.With these suckers I was the victor.LoL .Also BF in surround is awesome.
.Also BF in surround is awesome.Yeah I remember that. He called me swearing up and down his badboys was wiping the floor with you :p
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#5600723 Posted on: 10/27/2018 03:31 PM
@Astyanax
Anything below 300-500 for their 2 or 2.1 (and up) isnt any better, especially regarding materials/drivers used.
The 2.1 edi i bought when it was on sale, was broken out of box.
Driver from the sub broke off, while no damage on outside or even the shipping box.
After i opened it to see if i can fix it, i knew why...
If someone would have shown the system to me without label, i would have guessed no-name 30$ unit from a discounter.
I bought/sold a couple of logitech speakers (and others) in the past +20y including used/ebay stuff, and not once did i see the same prob.
And they also sounded better.
Owning 300 sennheisers running headphone amp and decent dac,
so im not mistaking dynamic sound ala beats as "quality"..
@Astyanax
Anything below 300-500 for their 2 or 2.1 (and up) isnt any better, especially regarding materials/drivers used.
The 2.1 edi i bought when it was on sale, was broken out of box.
Driver from the sub broke off, while no damage on outside or even the shipping box.
After i opened it to see if i can fix it, i knew why...
If someone would have shown the system to me without label, i would have guessed no-name 30$ unit from a discounter.
I bought/sold a couple of logitech speakers (and others) in the past +20y including used/ebay stuff, and not once did i see the same prob.
And they also sounded better.
Owning 300 sennheisers running headphone amp and decent dac,
so im not mistaking dynamic sound ala beats as "quality"..
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#5600732 Posted on: 10/27/2018 04:10 PM
Z5500's was the best 5.1 PC "AIO" setup for years. I still have my original system that used regular speaker cables - they eventually updated and used RCA. The controller and everything still works but the display is a bit damaged, I think my center channel stopped working too. I haven't used them in a bit (updated to KEF LS50s & surrounds) but they were definitely one of my best purchases.. got so much use out of them and the price was relatively cheap.
I'm still rocking my Z-5500 after what must have been like 10 years now that I think about it. I know it might be not ideal for audiophiles, but it served me very well over the years. Bought some second hand spare speakers after one of the started crackling like 2 years ago, but other than that, it's damn durable. I wonder if I'll ever find a worthy replacement, this is likely not it.
now that I think about it. I know it might be not ideal for audiophiles, but it served me very well over the years. Bought some second hand spare speakers after one of the started crackling like 2 years ago, but other than that, it's damn durable. I wonder if I'll ever find a worthy replacement, this is likely not it.Z5500's was the best 5.1 PC "AIO" setup for years. I still have my original system that used regular speaker cables - they eventually updated and used RCA. The controller and everything still works but the display is a bit damaged, I think my center channel stopped working too. I haven't used them in a bit (updated to KEF LS50s & surrounds) but they were definitely one of my best purchases.. got so much use out of them and the price was relatively cheap.
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#5600740 Posted on: 10/27/2018 04:28 PM
No HDMI? Seriously?
No HDMI? Seriously?
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#5600784 Posted on: 10/27/2018 06:44 PM
Except my S6 slays them all :p
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-review-1227p7.php
https://www.gsmarena.com/lg-g7-thinq-review-1786p3.php#lt
Haha, had the Note 5 back then, nothing special even with root and ViperFX.
GS6 were one of the worst but this is so off topic
Except my S6 slays them all :p
https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung-galaxy-s6-review-1227p7.php
https://www.gsmarena.com/lg-g7-thinq-review-1786p3.php#lt
Haha, had the Note 5 back then, nothing special even with root and ViperFX.
GS6 were one of the worst but this is so off topic
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#5600849 Posted on: 10/28/2018 02:56 AM
It was never "The best".
They came in second to the 5.1 / 7.1 gigaworks set in nearly all reviews that weren't done by a deaf doof doof meathead.
Z5500's was the best 5.1 PC "AIO" setup for years. I still have my original system that used regular speaker cables - they eventually updated and used RCA. The controller and everything still works but the display is a bit damaged, I think my center channel stopped working too. I haven't used them in a bit (updated to KEF LS50s & surrounds) but they were definitely one of my best purchases.. got so much use out of them and the price was relatively cheap.
It was never "The best".
They came in second to the 5.1 / 7.1 gigaworks set in nearly all reviews that weren't done by a deaf doof doof meathead.
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#5601114 Posted on: 10/28/2018 09:58 PM
Bluethooth audio came long way since AptX HD via 4.2+, as i have the Jabra Elite 65+ Active mainly for gym, i found myself using it everyday instead of mine wired E70(400$ in ear).
Convince, but mainly because the DAC on all the smartphone(except LG V30,G7,V40) is pretty bad, and i hate to carry extra dongles.
It's for this reason i bought the LG v30, dongles have made it worse now phone wise
Bluetooth sure has got better, but it's still got a long way to go in my eyes
Bluethooth audio came long way since AptX HD via 4.2+, as i have the Jabra Elite 65+ Active mainly for gym, i found myself using it everyday instead of mine wired E70(400$ in ear).
Convince, but mainly because the DAC on all the smartphone(except LG V30,G7,V40) is pretty bad, and i hate to carry extra dongles.
It's for this reason i bought the LG v30, dongles have made it worse now phone wise
Bluetooth sure has got better, but it's still got a long way to go in my eyes
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#5601119 Posted on: 10/28/2018 10:45 PM
True, i would like LG to nail battery life better, with at least 4000mah, can't go back after the legendary Mate's 9 performance.
It's for this reason i bought the LG v30, dongles have made it worse now phone wise Bluetooth sure has got better, but it's still got a long way to go in my eyes
Bluetooth sure has got better, but it's still got a long way to go in my eyesTrue, i would like LG to nail battery life better, with at least 4000mah, can't go back after the legendary Mate's 9 performance.
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#5601159 Posted on: 10/29/2018 06:44 AM
>owned the Corsair SP2500 set a few years back
>Had noisey neighbours who played loud music at daft o'clock almost everyday
>bought these and we would have loudness conflicts quite often
>With these suckers I was the victor
>mfw
>Had noisey neighbours who played loud music at daft o'clock almost everyday
>bought these and we would have loudness conflicts quite often
>With these suckers I was the victor
>mfw
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It depends on the game. If it's an RPG or something like AC I like to use my HyperX Cloud II headphones, but if I play say a Battlefield game, then I sure as hell want my 5.1 Z-5550 (dat bass) to blast the shit out of the neighbours. It help having noisy neighbours, like I do, because if they would complain, I'd complain about them too lol. Also movies are way better on surround.