At Long Last, Logitech Z-5500 Speakers Have a Successor, the Z906

Sign me up....@$350

I honestly thought Logitech was going to stay with the Z-5500 for many more years, this is a surprise. I own the Z-530..when I first experienced the big sound out of those little speakers , I was truly amazed.

I also had a friend who bought the Z-5500 , and the difference was quite shocking..the Z-5500 kicks ass. I was thinking of buying them for a while, but now that this came out, and the fact that you have more connection options.plus the remote control..seals the deal. I'm buying them, definitely ,100% sure.

The Z-5500s were the best PC speakers I've owned.  If I had the room for a 5.1 setup in the office, I'd be all over these.

I swear if I ever get a home entertainment system, I swear that is going to be my sound system.

I wonder what the Z-5500's are going for now....ah, $332.

meh.... anyone want my z5500's, i'll sell you the subwoofer and console for only 100$, i like the satellites.

Eh, I'll keep my 1530w 7.1 sound system. Of course, I think the highest I've ever used it at was 22 volume. Quickly doing the math, about 240~250w output. Most people don't need anything over 400w unless their throwing big parties all the time, since your already at the point of starting to annoy the people who live around you at that point.

Well, yea, your on the right track here, my entire system runs at around a 100 watts.... what matters is how efficient your speakers are....

When ever friends come over to my place and listen to music/ watch movies, the first question they always ask is... Yo man, how many watts is that system..must be at least a thousand..... and i say, well, at this volume, around ~80....... and they are speechless.

Comparing watts to how good a system is no good.... its kinda stupid... but like all things... numbers sell..

I was wondering when they would finally update the z-5500's. I got mine in 2005 and they are still rocking! I have them connected to my tv because they were just too much for the office. I like the look of the z5500 remote better. I'd like to see how they compare to the older model, looking forward to a review!

The Z 5500's at NCIX.com (in Vancouver Canada) are still just over $400; you'd think with this new system, the price would have dropped at least a little bit more.

A recommended the Z-5500's to a friend 2 years ago and he was happy with them. He uses them as his primary speakers in his living room. I was unsure how they would perform in that environment but they sounded great of course I had to upgrade his sound card but they got the job done.

Logitech builds a good product, so these new ones should sound great as well.

You guys will love this. The first PC I built I got a set of Logitech surround speakers (2 top units and a subwoofer). I have had other speaker sets of course, but I actually prefer a good set of head phones personally. My other sets of speakers have blown or quite working for some reason or another, which may also be a reason I prefer head sets as they have generally lasted longer. However; that first set of Logitech speakers are used to this day, and believe it or not the still put out good sound as well. My little girl uses them when she is on a computer as she does not like headphones, and or she is detrimental to headphones life span as well. I just unplug them from the power strip when she is not on them, and replug them when she gets on. They are Logitech speakers though which is relevant here, and they make good sound after get this (since 1994 or 96 I really can't remember it was either the first or second system I built). Either way even 1996 15 years or 17 if it was the 1994 build which I think it was, but am not positive, and they still make good sound much less work at all. Logitech builds some good speakers!

"The Z-5500s were the best PC speakers I've owned.  If I had the room for a 5.1 setup in the office, I'd be all over these."

I second that!! I used to show THX and DTS demos to my friends whenever they came home and they were blown away by this system!!! When I was a student the Resident Hall director knocked on my doors so many times asking me to shut down the system coz it was so loud that students in my dorm started complaining!!! Hehe......miss those days!!!

100 watts, 1500 watts and more, yes awesome and amazing, I used to run a set of Altec Lansing speakers, I don't recall what model number.  However I long ago switched to a classic Technics receiver(SA 300), and a set of Sound Dynamics speakers(RS-85).  After doing that I never looked back. Whats funny is my the Technics system runs 35 watts per channel, not a heavy weight in any stretch but easily had much higher quality sound output.

Sounds like a solid setup and in my experience Logitech doesn't disappoint.  I need to see them in action with maybe a live demonstration or video review.

Z5500 BLOWS THE Z906 OUT OF THE WATER.

These new speakers suck compared to the old ones. Crappier build quality, less sound quality.

The extra inputs are the only good thing. I don't think the Z906 even comes with mounting stuff for the speakers like the Z5500 did (not sure about that though).

You can tell how shitty the Z906's are when people are still trying to buy the Z5500s at $500+.

Omg the surround sounds are surrounding us! Looks awesome, too bad I cannot hear them.

I picked up the Z-5500's back in 2008 while I was in Iraq.  Since there was really no noise rules there, and we worked in a rather large warehouse, I cranked these bad boys up as loud as they would go.  Surprisingly the volume, bass, and quality was absolutely amazing.  I was surprised that Logitech could put out such quality. 

  Today my wife has since confiscated them, and requires they be hooked up to our tv in the living room at all times.  They are still going strong even after going through numerous sand storms, international shipping twice, and being completely ripped out by a curious toddler.  

  Now seeing that I was able to pick up the z-5500 on amazon for only $250, I'll wait around to see if these drop in price as well.  Maybe one day daddy can finally have his surround sound on the gaming computer.  

Edit:  After posting this I checked around real quick to see what they are going for.  There's one refurbished unit up on Ebay right now for $269.95 + free shipping. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130708236127?hlp=false ,  While I can't afford it right now, maybe somebody else here can?  It's well worth it.