On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Marc Lavallée <m...@hacklava.net> wrote:
> > What matters is rigidity; if a plastic enclosure is rigid > enough (for its size), then it would sound the same than a hard wood > enclosure. In the specific case of the Z506 model from Logitech, > wooden enclosures for the satellites would make no difference; the > drivers, the amps, and the enclosures are too small to shake. Only the > sub-woofer enclosure is made of MDF, for a reason. > > So, why not using the Z506 5.1 kit from Logitech? "Multimedia" speakers > are primarily designed as computer accessories; some are probably well > made, excluding the one in the MoMA's permanent collection (unless > aesthetic is the most important criteria). I wouldn't trust its sound > quality; it's a bit small unless the listening distance is less than 2 > meters, the centre speaker does not match the four other satellites, > the centre speaker have 2 mids and the satellites have one mid and one > tweeter, and the cross-over frequency for the sub-woofer is probably > near 300Hz, which is a bit too high. For Ambisonics, I believe that > better quality full-range or coaxial speakers, all matched, should be > preferred. > > I would only such use small multimedia speakers for a very compact > periphonic installation, along with 4 to 8 small sub-woofers for a > supplemental horizontal or periphonic low frequency decoder. > Agreed. That said, the Logitech self powered systems are generally extremely well made and sound very good, imho. C-) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20131020/73b9a2d1/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
