Logitech X-140 2.0 Speakers
by Logitech
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Customer Review: Good sound, no power brick, very tough
Summary: 5 Stars
We've bought 20 sets of these over the past few years and they're holding up well. We include these when folks check out video projectors and they work well for that.
Pros
Simple, just two things to plug in: mini audio & power. All cords are permanently attached and power is just a regular plug, not a power brick.
Tough, they have a thick plastic case and metal mesh over the speakers, no one has broken one yet. These continue to stand up to a lot of portable use that has killed lesser speakers.
Good sound, our customers use these to play DVD's in presentations. They have a pleasing tone and are just loud enough.
Cons
They're tall and a little tippy.
Cord management is annoying. When you pull these out of the box they're pretty easy to set up. But getting the cords wound up so you can get them back in the box takes a little work.
They don't get really loud. Turned up all the way, with the laptop audio all the way up, these are just loud enough to use for DVD presentations.
Customer Review: They are NOT wireless!
Summary: 4 Stars
My problem appears to be with the way that Amazon's search engine works, rather than the speakers. The exact search words I entered was "wireless computer speakers", and when these came up in the search I figured that they were indeed wireless. My fault is that I didn't click on any of the smaller pictures, but the large picture they chose to show of the speakers were the speakers with the wires photoshopped out of the picture. I liked the price, so I bought them. I was very disappointed when they arrived. I called Amazon and complained. Their reply was just that I entered too many search words. Too many?? If I would have just entered "wireless" can you imagine how many matches I would have gotten? I think Amazon needs to fix their search. Just be careful what you enter when you are searching for something and order. You may not get what you want!
The speakers are just fine I guess. My previous speakers seem to be able to adjust to a much much louder volume than these do. That would be my only complaint.
Customer Review: Quality issue - every beat buzzes; this one's going back.
Summary: 2 Stars
I have a Logitech 2.1 setup (the Z-4 I think) and have been happy with the performance. We needed a smaller 2.0 set for another computer, and got the X-140 based on the positive reviews.
We must have gotten a lemon, because there's an annoying buzz in the right-side speaker, like distortion on every beat. Sounds like a torn speaker. Also overall volume is very weak - need to turn it up 2/3rds for a decent listening level, and then the distortion problem is far worse.
From what we can tell, buzzing aside, the sound quality is mediocre at best. Again, it may just be that our unit is defective and not like the others; but honestly these don't sound much better than the "free" garbage speakers that came with PCs a decade ago.
We plugged the Z-4 into the new computer and everything was as expected, so it's clearly the X-140 that's causing the problem. We're returning it for a refund and won't take a chance with the cheaper Logitech units again.
Customer Review: Great speakers, great price
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought these speakers a couple of years ago and they're great. No, obviously they are not fantastic high quality speakers, but I didn't want fantastic high quality speakers. If that's what you're looking for, by all means, drop a couple hundred bucks. But if you're just looking to amplify and improve the quality of the sound coming from your laptop speakers, you couldn't do better for $30.
My only complaint is that the first half of the volume dial is almost silent, so you have to turn the dial about halfway up before you hear anything at all- quite a few times I have wondered if something wasn't working before realizing that I just needed to turn the dial up.
Other than that, they are durable, decent quality, and haven't given me any problems. I also love that the power adapter is built into the system, and not an extra brick taking up space among all the others on my desk.
Overall, these speakers are a great deal, especially for the price.
Customer Review: Good Speaker for the Value
Summary: 4 Stars
Ordered these speakers to replace my generic piles of junk speakers from 1995 (Too much Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer back in the day destroyed any sound quality the old speakers may have had) For the X-140 Sterio Speakers, these are a very good set. The Sound quailty is very clean and sharp at low to mid volumne, a small buzz at louder volume (May be causec by the soundcard on my Motherboard). Tone control is not the greatest but I place it and leave it. Does have good bass for speakers of this size. If someone did have a separate subwoofer, and roll some of the lows away from these speakers, that would be TNT. Also, the black look is stylish.
Pro: Cheap, Good Sound Qaulity, Quailty speaker housing, stylish for nerds like myself
Con: Eurgonomics of the speakers could be better being that the speakers point too high. A Buzz at louder volume (75% cranked).
Overall, If these last me 15 years, I will be happy.