Logitech Z4 2.1 Main / Stereo Speakers

I am the manager of a Multimedia Department at what will remain an unnamed at a Texas State University. I edit film, and sound for a living, and graduated from an accredited AAS program in Sound Engineering. I've been in the sound business for over 2 decades. When ordered, work my workstation came with these little Logitech speakers from Dell and it's what I use for near-field monitoring. I don't have a normal A-B speaker setup, although I should... But I gots what I gots.

They appear to have 3 drivers per satellite, however, what you really get is a single driver between 2 passive resistance baffles. The satellites are sealed, and thus have potential to produce a tighter sound, although asking a single 1.5” driver to produce all your frequencies from roughly 175Hz up (this is roughly where the sub crossover takes control) is a lot. Better usage would have been to use the top baffle as a piezo dome, and the bottom baffle as a mid and use the center spot as the sealed baffle. But that costs more money…

Would I buy these for my house? No. Would I really use them for professional level monitoring? As a ‘B’ or ‘C’ set of monitors, sure. ‘A’ monitors? Never, by choice. Some lower level Roland or Edirol monitors would be more representative of natural sound for near-field, in the same price or similar price range.

The volume control is nice, and it’s nice that it adds the control for a line level out in addition to the headphones out. I sometimes use this to record soundbites from the internet when I’m in a hurry. However there is no Zero-bit mute present, and with no signal present, the volume knob makes noise as you increase the volume. The bass is punchy, but the ultra bottom end, around 30-40 Hz is lacking. They get loud, and if volume is strictly what you’re after, then this is an excellent choice.

The sleek piano black plastic looks sharp, and like the aluminum stands. The stands to however require that the speakers be places below your head for correct listening angle as they are not adjustable. The angle is not conducive to having them placed at head level. Really, these are more pleasing to eyes than the ears…

Again, this is all from a VERY critical listening perspective. If you’re not an engineer, and sound isn’t you job, then more than likely these will please you very much. However if you’re a budget hunter looking for some home studio monitors, forget it.

Everything was excellent....AAAAAAAA+++++++++​++++++++++ Great sound , great bass, treble and very easy to set up.

Very clean woofer, its a must own for a bedroom, anyone who purchase one of these bad boys will not me disappointed, simply becuase so much power is delivered from only a 2.1 set up, less tangled wires