From: gray asphalt on
I'm not an expert, bam (by any means :) but ...
the Logitech Z5 USB speakers are on sale for
$30 at Amazon ($99 reg). I bought two sets. They
load as seperate audio outputs and are
assignable in Sonar. The latency is low ...
same as my onboard card ... a little on piano
but not really noticeable for me on strings
when using a soft syunth etc. ; remote to control
Windows Media player and a few other players
.... speakers have a USB receiver. Spkrs powered
by USB, volume ok for a small room ; look real nice
seperate input for mini audio input but USB must
be connected for power.


From: Tropidechis on
On 2009-12-29 13:01:45 +1000, "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> said:

> I'm not an expert, bam (by any means :) but ...
> the Logitech Z5 USB speakers are on sale for
> $30 at Amazon ($99 reg). I bought two sets. They
> load as seperate audio outputs and are
> assignable in Sonar. The latency is low ...
> same as my onboard card ... a little on piano
> but not really noticeable for me on strings
> when using a soft syunth etc. ; remote to control
> Windows Media player and a few other players
> ... speakers have a USB receiver. Spkrs powered
> by USB, volume ok for a small room ; look real nice
> seperate input for mini audio input but USB must
> be connected for power.

Mongware. Best treat them as disposable. Consider that if these things
can be sold for $30 then they probably have no more than $5 worth of
parts in them.

As for the latency, if you are creating music with a DAW then you now
have the DAW's latency PLUS the latency of these speakers to contend
with.




From: gray asphalt on

"Tropidechis" <Tropidechis(a)none.com> wrote in message
news:2009122916410516807-Tropidechis(a)nonecom...
> On 2009-12-29 13:01:45 +1000, "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> said:
>
>> I'm not an expert, bam (by any means :) but ...
>> the Logitech Z5 USB speakers are on sale for
>> $30 at Amazon ($99 reg). I bought two sets. They
>> load as seperate audio outputs and are
>> assignable in Sonar. The latency is low ...
>> same as my onboard card ... a little on piano
>> but not really noticeable for me on strings
>> when using a soft syunth etc. ; remote to control
>> Windows Media player and a few other players
>> ... speakers have a USB receiver. Spkrs powered
>> by USB, volume ok for a small room ; look real nice
>> seperate input for mini audio input but USB must
>> be connected for power.
>
> Mongware. Best treat them as disposable. Consider that if these things
> can be sold for $30 then they probably have no more than $5 worth of parts
> in them.
>
> As for the latency, if you are creating music with a DAW then you now have
> the DAW's latency PLUS the latency of these speakers to contend with.

The latency is with the DAW (Sonar 8.5). These speakers used to sell for
$100 and
the quality appears to be good. Why trash something you haven't seen or
tried? Their rating on Amazon, when they sold for $100 is 4 stars:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=logitech+z5&x=0&y=0

I'll post again when the price goes back up, if it does. They'll be a lot
better then. : -\