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I have had the Presonus set for 4 years, I saw the Logitech set for sale for £25 and thought why not, as it is a 5.1 set.
So far the sound stage is better on the Logitech, I mean it has more speakers, that should be pretty obvious.
The main speakers are actually rather detailed, they have detailed enough mid-range but need the subwoofer to fill the mid-range out decently. They are tuned more towards the higher end of the spectrum, they are not tonally balanced but not at all hard to listen to.
The Presonus are detailed throughout but lack low end, they need the Presonus dedicated subwoofer if you want them for that purpose, otherwise they offer excellently balanced audio.
So now we come to the subwoofer, easily the worst part of the Logitech setup IMO.
Whilst it is boomy and bangs decently well, it struggles to balance the tones of the voices, you have to sacrifice low end if you want well-rounded vocals so it removes a lot of the low end attack you would find from music which is meant to be bassy. But on the other hand, I found them enjoyable.
The subwoofer can handle down to around 38hz which for it's size is not terrible. It is not recommended for accuracy however.
Logitech strive for a track like this...
But get destroyed by something like this vs the Presonus.
This track has way too much going on in the mid range for the Logitech.
The last 15% of the volume knob on the Logitech setup introduce a very audible hissing sound, the Presonus also do this but not as bad. You fail to gain more volume around 75% of the amps output on the Logitech setup and it all just comes out as more subwoofer volume, however no noticeable distortion. The Presonus keep going and never distort.
These setups are so different you would think I am mad, and I guess you are kind of right, but in all fairness, the cheap Logitech setup I expected to be worse.
When the Z506 were available, they were only £25 cheaper than the Presonus, showing how far we have improved.
So far the sound stage is better on the Logitech, I mean it has more speakers, that should be pretty obvious.
The main speakers are actually rather detailed, they have detailed enough mid-range but need the subwoofer to fill the mid-range out decently. They are tuned more towards the higher end of the spectrum, they are not tonally balanced but not at all hard to listen to.
The Presonus are detailed throughout but lack low end, they need the Presonus dedicated subwoofer if you want them for that purpose, otherwise they offer excellently balanced audio.
So now we come to the subwoofer, easily the worst part of the Logitech setup IMO.
Whilst it is boomy and bangs decently well, it struggles to balance the tones of the voices, you have to sacrifice low end if you want well-rounded vocals so it removes a lot of the low end attack you would find from music which is meant to be bassy. But on the other hand, I found them enjoyable.
The subwoofer can handle down to around 38hz which for it's size is not terrible. It is not recommended for accuracy however.
Logitech strive for a track like this...
But get destroyed by something like this vs the Presonus.
This track has way too much going on in the mid range for the Logitech.
The last 15% of the volume knob on the Logitech setup introduce a very audible hissing sound, the Presonus also do this but not as bad. You fail to gain more volume around 75% of the amps output on the Logitech setup and it all just comes out as more subwoofer volume, however no noticeable distortion. The Presonus keep going and never distort.
These setups are so different you would think I am mad, and I guess you are kind of right, but in all fairness, the cheap Logitech setup I expected to be worse.
When the Z506 were available, they were only £25 cheaper than the Presonus, showing how far we have improved.
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