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Logitech Z-5500 Digital Soundroom

Master_of_Time said:
About the 96/24 bug - I get that on an MP3 player, CD player and everything thats analog. So it must be a factory bug. :confused:
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i dont think its a bug.... its because internally the DSp's of the headunit work at 24bit 96khz resolution no matter what the analogue source
 
i have a creative 5.1
 
twicksisted said:
i dont think its a bug.... its because internally the DSp's of the headunit work at 24bit 96khz resolution no matter what the analogue source
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Where did you learn that the unit works 96kHz-24-bit at all times?
If that where true should'nt all the inputs display 96-24?

Logitech support claimed that it is not supposed to happen.
 
I'm just his fantasy ;)

:roll:
 
Nah. Sorry, DD, but you don't seem to be a Skulltrail platform so you're not my fantasy. :D
 
Sorry Master_of_Time. I'm a one socket man. :roll:

BTW, coming soon, my impressions of the Z-5500s on an Auzentech X-Fi Prelude!
 
lol i just realised on the first page of this thread, my details are wrong.

# Mussels
Devices: Auzentech X-Fi Prelude Optical, Wii, Xbox, PS2, MP3 Player
Speaker Info: Firmware v2.1.0, M/N: S-0115B, PID: R750, No Boost 22
Favorite Media: -

Should be/updated to
# Mussels
Devices: Auzentech X-mystique Coax, HDTV Optical, Wii, Xbox, PS2, MP3 Player
Speaker Info: Firmware v2.1.0, M/N: S-0115B, PID: R750, Boost 22
Favorite Media: - anime! (in 5.1 :D )


i *DO!* have boost 22! it only works on ANALOGUE. it does NOT work on optical or coax.
 
Updated Mussels.

What is the Creative equivalent of the X-Mystique?
 
DanishDevil said:
Updated Mussels.

What is the Creative equivalent of the X-Mystique?
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dont think they have one.

The X-mystique was the first of the auzens to have a dolby digital encoder - the X-plosion came after with DTS, and then came the later models everyone knows.

Audio quality wise, its the same as my audigy 4, clearer mid/high but with less punchy bass (mostly because the A4 has a slider for bass boost and this doesnt - irrelevant with these speakers however, since i can just turn the sub volume up)

I would seriously like people who say boost 22 doesnt work, to test them over analogue - i was suprised when it worked all of a sudden after noticing all the people on page 1 who claimed it worked, were on analogue
 
I just tried it right after I read your post. No go for me :(
 
DanishDevil said:
I just tried it right after I read your post. No go for me :(
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my exact settings are:

analogue (6 channel, not 3xstereo)
turn volume to minimum.
Turn volume up slowly til it hits boost 11
hit mute and hold it as you turn it up.

Note: i did this with the head unit and not the remote.

Now as a real biatch... my unit is stuck and says 'volume 11' when on analogue, and boost 22 no longer works. i think boost 11 is stuck on.


edit: NOW i get it.

Hold down mute BEFORE moving the volume knob. What happens is you can toggle boost 11 on any setting you want, and it STICKS. if you are on boost 11 when you acvitate this, it allows you to go to boost 22.
 
I already have the +11 set for analog sources, but when that's enabled, I get no boost. It ends at a full bar at volume +11. I'm gonna try on the factory skin...
 
DanishDevil said:
I already have the +11 set for analog sources, but when that's enabled, I get no boost. It ends at a full bar at volume +11. I'm gonna try on the factory skin...
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Follow these steps.

Lower volume to 0 (disable the +11 feature)
turn the knob to max
Turn the volume up more to boost 11
Hold down mute and turn it more

The key is that +11 and BOOST 11 are shown differently - if you hold mute BEFORE you hit boost 11, boost 22 does not work. If you have +11 enabled, hold mute and dial the volume down to its at normal again, before trying boost 22.
 
I DID IT YAY!!!!!!!
<3 Mussels!

I think it might only work on the first skin for me...
 
Legend of Leroy Bad said:
Where did you learn that the unit works 96kHz-24-bit at all times?
If that where true should'nt all the inputs display 96-24?

Logitech support claimed that it is not supposed to happen.
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Well I have a lot of different pieces of studio kit at home... a lot of my effects processors have DSP chips inside that work at 24/96... this is what they operate at digitally no matter the fact that the imput is analogue audio.

The AD convertor takes the analogue source and sends it to the DSP's which operate digitally at 24/96... and this could be why it displays 24/96 on an analogue source.
 
more or less, its just saying 24/96 because analogue cant specify what bitrates it runs at. The internals run at max just in case, and they're displaying it as a bug.
 
Hi, and thanx for all the info found here.

1. PC analog and optic.
2. 2.0.9
3. S-0115B
4. R640
5. speaker wire
6. Boost 22.
7. -

Bought them about 15 months ago for about 500$ (I'm from Romania).
I use the integrated sound card. Now i use the digital connexion for music, coz after i bought a new system i have really bad interference on analog.
I use analog for games and movies (5.1) coz without a sound card that would do the conversions for me would be troublesome.

I have the R640 pid, but no pops here. Everything works fine.
The volume does change when i change skin as other posters noticed, but the max volume is the same. In this alt skin the volume increases .. exponentially or something (instead of linearly).

What else? ... Same 96/24 thing on analog. I use the second skin atm. Happy user :).
 
Mussels said:
Follow these steps.

Lower volume to 0 (disable the +11 feature)
turn the knob to max
Turn the volume up more to boost 11
Hold down mute and turn it more

The key is that +11 and BOOST 11 are shown differently - if you hold mute BEFORE you hit boost 11, boost 22 does not work. If you have +11 enabled, hold mute and dial the volume down to its at normal again, before trying boost 22.
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Darn it still does'nt work for me.
 
Legend of Leroy Bad said:
Darn it still does'nt work for me.
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when on a normal volume, can you enable the +11 feature? (note that its NOT boost 11) you achieve it by holding mute (on the head unit) and turning the volume dial up.

Boost 22 is achieved by being on boost 11, and then activating +11 - i have a feeling those that cant get boost 22, dont have the +11 feature.
 
Yes I can get Boost 11 and +11. I'm going into boost 11 and then holding mute I turn the knob further. But nothing changes. I'm using firmware 2.1.0 I think.
Its no big deal I guess, I mean why would someone want to blast out thier Z-5500 anyway. :cool:

There is one thing I'd like to mention. My unit started doing some wierd things yesterday and the day before. Once it got stuck in Detecting... the signal. Then once it displayed "No Digital Data" even though there still was sound. Then later it got stuck in Pro logic II mode, even when changing to Stereo. Power cycling the unit fixed these problems, but I was just wondering if anyone else ever experienced these glitches?
 
Legend of Leroy Bad said:
Yes I can get Boost 11 and +11. I'm going into boost 11 and then holding mute I turn the knob further. But nothing changes. I'm using firmware 2.1.0 I think.
Its no big deal I guess, I mean why would someone want to blast out thier Z-5500 anyway. :cool:

There is one thing I'd like to mention. My unit started doing some wierd things yesterday and the day before. Once it got stuck in Detecting... the signal. Then once it displayed "No Digital Data" even though there still was sound. Then later it got stuck in Pro logic II mode, even when changing to Stereo. Power cycling the unit fixed these problems, but I was just wondering if anyone else ever experienced these glitches?
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boost 22 only works on analogue, btw.

My unit gets stuck on coax using my auzentech - what i see happening is that befcause the soundcard is making streams as it goes, while the unit expects constant non-stop audio, small hitches occur... fast swaps between sound and no sound (such as playing crappy flash animation games, and the pauses between levels) seem to confuse the unit sometimes.
 
I've finally got my Auzentech X-Fi Prelude up and running, and I can already tell the difference between it and my X-Fi Fatal1ty Champion in music. Time to try out some games and movies :D

BTW - Any way to set that green LED to stop blinking? :banghead:
 
It's an analog volume offset. If you haven't noticed, digital (coax/optical) is always louder than analog, so the +11 or whatever you set it to makes it so you don't have to worry about huge volume changes when switching sources.
 
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