excellent speakers to use with your pc (Logic 3 Soundstation 2)

Member Name: spidercallum

Product:	Logic 3 Soundstation 2
Date:	21/08/08 (572 review reads)
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Advantages: excellent sound quality, bass that can blow you away, cheap

Disadvantages: lack of connections, can't add any more speakers, short power cable

- Introduction -

The Logic 3 Soundstation 2 is a 2.1 sound system which is probably Logic3s best seller of the year 2000. It was originally released for use with Sony's incredibly popular Playstation 2, as you can probably tell by both the design of the system and it's name. However, it can be used with any consoles, your computer or anything else with a 3.5mm headphone jack.


- Connections/Setting It Up: 1/10 -

There's 3 sockets on the back of the systems subwoofer. One for the main power, one for the stereo output and one for the stereo input. It's very easy to set up... Plug the mains in, plug the speakers in, and then plug your input device in, and away you go! If you're hoping to connect this system to a console, you'll have to connect it via a scart socket. This is as a special scart adapter is included in the Soundstation 2's box, and without it (unless there's another lead you can buy), it's impossible to connect any other way. That's really the only problem with this product, as I use high definition cables to connect my Xbox 360 to my TV, not scart connections - meaning I can't use it!

You can, however, use the Soundstation 2 for your computer, or anything else with a 3.5mm headphone jack. I use to use the speakers with my laptop, but I don't any more as I listen to all my music through my Xbox 360 (using media sharing), therefore putting these away in storage to save space!


- Sound Quality: 9/10 -

Simply amazing. For a product that costs hardly anything nowadays, the sound quality is excellent. You can turn its 3 Watt satellite speakers up to (almost) full (via the bigger knob on the subwoofer) and the sound will be extremely good. It's 20 Watt subwoofer definitely makes playing games, watching movies and listening to music a better experience, and if it gets too much you can always turn it down a notch via the small knob. The subwoofer also makes quite a good fan if you stand in front of it when you max out your music - that just goes to show how powerful this system really is!


- Design: 5/10 -

It's quite a sturdy sound system, but the speakers are very light which causes them to fall over very easily, especially if something hits them. The subwoofer, however, is a lot heavier and I highly doubt anything would knock it over unless something equally as heavy hits it! It's made out of plastic, but doesn't feel very strong. You could probably tread on a speaker and put your foot through it, or at least crack it... One of my speakers also has a few scratch marks on it from where I put my keys on it, so the plastic is pretty soft too. The design itself, was made to fit in with the Sony PS2 console, so it doesn't always look too great if you hook it up with your 360 (but hopefully everyone uses High Definition with their 360's by now!). The speakers have quite long wires, so you can spread them out a bit if you wish. However, the soundstations power cable isn't that long, so if you wish to put it on a high desk you need to have a extension lead. You can get this in either black or silver.


- Price & Tech Specs -

I bought this for about £50 when it was released years ago. However, you pick one up second hand on eBay for about a tenner (+P&P). I can't find anywhere off or online that actually sells these brand new any more, so if you're looking for a new system, this probably isn't for you.

Product Type: Multimedia speaker system
Enclosure Material: Plastic
Localisation: English
Colour: Black/Silver
Media Type: 2 speakers, subwoofer
Speaker Type: Active
Nominal Output Power (Total): 26 Watt
Output Features: Bass Reflex
Audio Amplifier: Integrated
Connectivity Technology: Wired
Controls: Power on/off, volume, bass, Volume, bass
Magnetic Shield: Yes
Max Output Power: 26 Watt:
1 x subwoofer - 20 Watt - wired
2 x satellite speaker -3 Watt - wired


- Conclusion -

This is an excellent speaker system so long as it fits your needs. It's very good quality, and its bass can blow you away. As far as I know it can only be connected via scart if you want to use it with your consoles, but it is excellent for use with your computer. I only wish I could find a use for it, instead of it sitting in storage - so if you really want one, you know who to ask!

Summary: buy them if you're looking for an affordable but amazing sound system for your pc!

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