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Hardware Forum - 5.1 Surround Speaker advice? - Page 1
Competent
Hi all,
I have a set of Logitech Z-5400 speakers, which were fantastic until 2 days ago when they went pop, and no longer turn on. Firstly, does anyone have any experience with these, and could point me in the direction of what's gone wrong? I've replaced the fuse in the plug and fuse in the back of the Sub, to no avail.
If I can't bring them back to life, does anyone have any recommendations for a set of decent surround speakers? I'd like them to be under £250, and need to have Optical and Coaxial digital inputs, and the usual DTS decoders etc.
Logitech have offered me a set of Z-5500's for half the price, but they are vastly over inflated on their website anyway (Logitech sell them for £350, and Amazon sell them for £230 - quite a difference!). Is this worth snapping up, as I guess this means I could grab them for £175?
Advice would be appreciated!
Jme
Elite
Has a fuse in your amp blown?
Or your soundcard, if running from your pc
If they're both OK, I'd guess at the crossover (probably in the sub?)
Competent
Quote:
I've replaced the fuse in the plug and fuse in the back of the Sub, to no avail.
Checked both, and they're fine. I tested the Control Pod on a friends identical system, and it works fine, so that means it has to be the main/sub unit that's gone to Electricals Heaven. I took it apart to have a loom for any obvious problem areas, and it all looked fine to me (but I'm not an electriican, obviously 
).
Is something like this worth getting an electrical shop to look at? My thinking is that once it's started going faulty, it'll probably go again, if fixed. Or am I misguided?
Cheers, Jme
Elite
Have a look at this - not your exact model but you can see a fuse on the board in the sub. Worth checking and replacing.
http://www.jeff7.com/projects/z-640/index.htm
if this is a different fuse to the one you replaced
This item was edited on Tuesday, 8th December 2009, 05:08
Competent
Thanks for the pointer, but I've just sold the system on eBay for spare/repair, and got a replacement Z-5500 system for half price from Logitech (which is even louder than the Z-5400, to my surprise!).
Jme
Elite
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which is even louder than the Z-5400
therein may lie the problem, dear boy 
