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Audioengine P4 speakers with Z5500?

post #1 of 6
5/4/11 at 7:15am
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Hi everyone,

 

One of the speakers in my Z5500 recently blew, and I decided its about time to upgrade it. I want to do it bit by bit as I can't afford a whole new system. I was thinking of replacing my 4 sats (L,R,RR,RL) with the P4 speakers, while retaining the center and subwoofer of the z5500. My intent is upgrade to a external receiver/amp at a later stage. I use my PC mainly for gaming, movies and occasional music, so I would like to keep my 5.1 setup. My budget is around 800-1000 for the speakers. This is for a small bedroom setup.

 

Will this work? Will I have any issues with retaining the z5500 center and sub? Another alternative I was considering was to get 2 pairs of A5s and have them work as my Front and Rear L/Rs. Do you guys have any suggestions for a center speaker to pair the P4s with at a later stage? Or should I just get a Edifier S550D and call it a day.

 

Thanks for the help in advance!


Edited by sPultz - 5/4/11 at 7:26am
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post #2 of 6
5/4/11 at 4:35pm

I would just sell the Z5500, and buy (vintage?) a pair of good tower speakers are a nice (vintage?) amp.

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post #3 of 6
5/4/11 at 8:57pm

Dump the Z5500, seriously. Logitech speaker sucks. 

 

 

With that budget, I'd look into some Polk speakers with a decent Onkyo(or any sub $300 receivers) and a subwoofer from Parts-Express. I guarantee you that it will sound way better than your Logitech setup.

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post #4 of 6
7/20/11 at 9:54pm

The z5500 will sound 10X better if you mod a build in crossover car tweeter to it. Trust me.

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post #5 of 6
7/20/11 at 11:36pm

If you're thinking of using the Z5500 to amp the P4, I doubt that is possible. Mainstream PC packages like these typically use non-standard connections for their speakers. The entire Z5500 system would probably have to be trashed unless replaced the one speaker.

 

 

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post #6 of 6
7/22/11 at 11:11pm

Using the Z5500 to amp the P4's is possible, completely possible.

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