Logitech Z-5450 Digital 5.1 Speaker System ( 970181-0403 )

by Logitech

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.9 x 17.5 inches ; 47 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 42.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AM6QHO
• Item model number: 970181-0403
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (110 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 14, 2006

Product Description

From the manufacturer

Flawless sound, rear wireless freedom.

Eliminate the hassle of hiding speaker wires! Immerse yourself in clutter-free, high-fidelity digital surround sound with Logitech's THX-certified, 315-watt Z-5450 Digital 5.1 speaker system with digital hardware decoder and dual wireless rear speakers. The Digital SoundTouch Control Center supports Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks, and includes digital and analog inputs for connecting DVD players, PCs, video game consoles, MP3 players, and more. Fine-tune your listening experience with a convenient wireless remote. Wall-mountable satellites help make installation easy in any room. The patented dual-chamber subwoofer enhances your games, music, and movies with thundering distortion-free bass.

Features

• Patented dual-chamber subwoofer: Plays louder and goes lower for unbelievable bass.
• Dual wireless rear speakers: For clutter-free enjoyment of THX certified 5.1 digital sound. Adaptive channel hopping with redundant transmissions provides crystal-clear, high-quality wireless audio.
• Wireless remote control: Control up to 7 audio sources including PCs, video game consoles, DVD, CD and portable music players.
• Polished aluminum phase plug satellites: Combine two drivers into one: the clarity of a tweeter with the richness and fullness of a separate mid-range.
• Digital SoundTouch Control Center: Compact design for desktop use or placement in your entertainment center. Features include digital LCD, volume level adjustment, auxiliary input jack, mute, and effects settings. The Control Center also decodes Dolby Digital and DTS recordings, and has multiple digital and analog inputs.
• Eliminate the clutter of rear speaker wires! The Logitech Z-5450 digital speaker package includes dual wireless rear speakers for simple, clutter-free installation. Satellite speaker stands rotate for easy wall mounting.
• Listen to crystal-clear, high-quality audio through rear speaker adaptive channel hopping with redundant transmissions.
• Experience earth-shaking bass. 310-watt RMS delivers thunderous power. Patented dual-chamber subwoofer plays louder and goes lower for unbelievable bass.
• Experience the full sonic experience of a movie theater. The THX certification guarantees high-quality audio. And the Z-5450 Digital speakers include a hardware DTS decoder for master-quality sound as well as support for DTS 96/24, an enhanced, higher-resolution, studio-quality format available on many DVD video and DVD Audio discs.
• Enjoy smoother frequency response. Advanced aluminum phase plug drivers are further enhanced by a Digital EQ. The Logitech Z-5450 Digital Speakers include Dolby Pro Logic II decoding for surround-sound playback from 2-channel analog sources, creating realistic 5.1 surround sound from stereo music, movies and games. Digital equalization actively adjusts frequency response in real time for the cleanest, most accurate sound reproduction.
• View and change the effects settings, adjust or mute the volume, decode Dolby Digital, and use the auxiliary input jack for connecting your iPod or MP3 player--all wirelessly--with the compact Digital SoundTouch Control Center.

Product Description

Eliminate the hassle of hiding speaker wires! Immerse yourself in clutter-free, high-fidelity digital surround sound with Logitech´s THX-certified, 315-watt Z-5450 Digital 5.1 speaker system with digital hardware decoder and dual wireless rear speakers. The Digital SoundTouch Control Center supports Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks and includes digital and analog inputs for connecting DVD players, PCs, video game consoles, MP3 players, and more. Fine-tune your listening experience with a convenient wireless remote. Wall-mountable satellites help make installation easy in any room. The patented dual-chamber subwoofer enhances your games, music, and movies with thundering distortion-free bass.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

58 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good speaker system, but wireless destroys 802.11b WiFi networks, October 27, 2006

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Erik Fair "software/network engineer" (Lake Tahoe, NV, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logitech Z-5450 Digital 5.1 Speaker System ( 970181-0403 ) (Personal Computers)

These speakers work well, they produce good sound, and the controls and optical inputs work great too. However, if you or your neighbors have a WiFi (IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g) 2.4GHz wireless ethernet network, the wireless rear surround speakers in this speaker system will step all over the 802.11 WiFi network. I used a spectrum analyzer to see what was going on, and this speaker system appears to use frequency-hopping spread spectrum indiscriminately.

Wireless speakers are a great idea, particularly for situations when running the wires would be impractical or ugly, but this particular implementation is incompatible with 802.11b/g WiFi networks. If this is not a concern to you (you *and* your neighbors are not using other 2.4GHz wireless products), then this speaker system may work well for you.

53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mega Bass and Detailed Sound, December 13, 2005

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A. Lwin "GIStech" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logitech Z-5450 Digital 5.1 Speaker System ( 970181-0403 ) (Personal Computers)

Quite amazing small 5.1 digital system. I'm very impressed with the clarity of the bass with blockbuster movies like "Lord of the Rings" or the musical scores in the Japanese Anime (DTS) "Ghost in the Shell." Especially the opening score where there's a ton of bass, but the bass is pounding and clear, no distortion. For the price, Logitech Z-5450 system really shines and is simple to set up and use. The subwoofer is small, stylish and very capable to produce low the end sound of movies and Hip Hop songs. As compared to other small systems out there (more expensive), this digtal system will beat or sound better.

Highlights: Big sound from bass, easy set-up, wireless rear speakers (more later), good mids, not to shabby for treble either.

Lowlights: Wireless rears are yes wireless, but you do have to plug them into an outlet for power...so you still have two wires to deal with. However, the sound is excellent. The remote is okay, should of been a little bit more detailed and styled better. Come on, Logitech is known for stylish designs...the remote is plain and goofy.

Summary: Effective system for a small room with plenty of power and thumping bass. Does better than some other systems (Bose, Kplipsch)and the voice clarity is excellent. However, I do recommend that like with any system...the sound also depends on the DVD player that you use. A cheap player will give you great sound (I tried it), but a more expensive one (I use a Yamaha DVD player ~$300) sounds awesome. Then again, it might just be me.

41 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great sound, Major problems, March 14, 2006

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Lorin Roche "roche61" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Logitech Z-5450 Digital 5.1 Speaker System ( 970181-0403 ) (Personal Computers)

One of the wireless speakers has a HUM, very loud, that persists even if I move it to a different electrical circuit, reset it, move it to a different part of the room. Therefore I don't use it - I leave it unplugged. Also, the volume control on the remote - which is sort of indispensable - does not work properly. The button sticks. I have never seen this before on a remote, except maybe 20 years ago with clunky TV remotes. I am waiting to see if Logitech will send replacements. A search of the web found many other people with similar problems, discussing it on tech bulletin boards.

Still, the sound is great. I would have ordered another unit, for a different room of the house, but they clearly have quality control problems. If they fix this, I will post again.