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The
Box:::...
Don't
throw the box away! There's room for a small group of homeless
people and their pets inside there, this despite the fact
that the products are shoehorned in with great aplomb.
Before
you hold the official handing-over ceremony though, get
those homeless people round to help you drag the box inside
because it weighs as much as a small family saloon car,
well, in excess of 30Kg anyway, and unless your lifting
technique is good you risk popping a disk.
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S750
Box
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Break
open the box and it's hard not to just sit and look for
a little while. That might be partly to do with knowing
what a hassle it's going to be getting eight speakers and
a controller wired and positioned though.
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The
Kit
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Compared to Logitech's Z560 satellite the S750's look rather
lackluster. I wasn't expecting flash but these are perhaps
a little understated for my taste. They'd be great in my
living room but for the PC I'd sooner they had a touch more
"edge" or "attitude".
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Satellite
Speaker
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The
satellites can be wall mounted or left freestanding either
as they are or with the addition of the supplied stands.
Round the back there are no gold-plated banana connectors
or binding posts, just regular guillotine connections which
do at least let you easily replace the speaker cable I suppose.
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Satellite
Speaker Rear View
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The
stands are really sleek and beautifully made. They sit on
god, chunky rubber feet that should do a good job of isolating
vibration and keeping them right where you put them.
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Satellite
Stand Pads
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Just
a single knob securely attaches bracket to speaker. It's
a touch large and clumsy looking but easy to grip and, being
round the back, rarely seen.
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Satellite
Speaker Rear View
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Still no adjustable angle facility unfortunately which
is a shame considering how directional the built in tweeters
are. I don't mean necessarily to angle them so they point
right at you, but sometimes to angle them up or down away
from you to take the edge off some of the brighter sounds.
It depends what you've listening to of course.
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Satellite
With Stand Fitted
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The
matt black brackets really do look stylish and do a lot
to get rid of that "big deal" feeling I got when
I first saw the satellite without them.
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Satellite
With Stand Fitted
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A
large support sits under the base and this is isolated from
the speaker with a small rubber pad. I'm not convinced this
was the best way to do things as most thin pads like this
tend to compress and get quite hard in time but maybe these
are different.
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Satellite
Stand Buffer
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