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Hi all,

I have a set of Logitech Z-5400 speakers, which were fantastic until 2 days ago when they went pop, and no longer turn on. Firstly, does anyone have any experience with these, and could point me in the direction of what`s gone wrong? I`ve replaced the fuse in the plug and fuse in the back of the Sub, to no avail.

If I can`t bring them back to life, does anyone have any recommendations for a set of decent surround speakers? I`d like them to be under £250, and need to have Optical and Coaxial digital inputs, and the usual DTS decoders etc.

Logitech have offered me a set of Z-5500`s for half the price, but they are vastly over inflated on their website anyway (Logitech sell them for £350, and Amazon sell them for £230 - quite a difference!). Is this worth snapping up, as I guess this means I could grab them for £175?

Advice would be appreciated!

Jme

Has a fuse in your amp blown?

Or your soundcard, if running from your pc

If they`re both OK, I`d guess at the crossover (probably in the sub?)

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I`ve replaced the fuse in the plug and fuse in the back of the Sub, to no avail.

Checked both, and they`re fine. I tested the Control Pod on a friends identical system, and it works fine, so that means it has to be the main/sub unit that`s gone to Electricals Heaven. I took it apart to have a loom for any obvious problem areas, and it all looked fine to me (but I`m not an electriican, obviously :) ).

Is something like this worth getting an electrical shop to look at? My thinking is that once it`s started going faulty, it`ll probably go again, if fixed. Or am I misguided?

Cheers, Jme

Have a look at this - not your exact model but you can see a fuse on the board in the sub. Worth checking and replacing.

http://www.jeff7.com/projects/z-640/index.htm

if this is a different fuse to the one you replaced

This item was edited on Tuesday, 8th December 2009, 05:08

Thanks for the pointer, but I`ve just sold the system on eBay for spare/repair, and got a replacement Z-5500 system for half price from Logitech (which is even louder than the Z-5400, to my surprise!).

Jme

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which is even louder than the Z-5400

therein may lie the problem, dear boy ;)