logitech x-230 review

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Average Ratings
Sound Quality8.3/10
Ease of Set Up9.2/10
Ease of Use9.3/10
Value for Money9.1/10
Reviewer Rating8.7/10
Overall Rating9/10 Based on 47 ratings
88% Recommended23 out of 26 Reviews

Review of Logitech X-230 Speakers

By curiousyellow on 30th Jul 2005

curiousyellow's Ratings
Time Speakers OwnedLess than a Week
Sound Quality5/10
Ease of Set Up8/10
Ease of Use8/10
Value for money2/10
Overall value2/10
no curiousyellow's recommendation

Good Points

Decent sound for the price.

Bad Points

The headphone jack is a rip-off.

General Comments

The Logitech X-230 headphone jack on these speakers is nothing more than decoration for all it does, which is nothing. When using headphones for private listening these speakers do not process the audio from the soundcard, nor do they control the volume. The volume for the headphones has to be controlled by the volume control of your OS, as the only sound you get using headphones is what comes from your soundcard. If all your sound card puts out is low volume audio, that is all you will get through these speakers phonejack. So, if you want to use headphones you might as well just plug your headphones straight into your soundcard and save yourself the cost of these speakers. According to the Logitech website under support, Logitech designed the headphone jack on these speakers to work this way.

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3 Comments on Review by curiousyellow for Logitech X-230 Speakers

  1. yourmother on 30th Apr 2006

    The speakers are fine for $30.

  2. sjhartland Rank: 2nd Lieutenant on 11th Jul 2007

    Point noted but why buy speakers when you then use headphones? As you say best bet is to plug headphones straight into the PC - you can't really blame the speakers or Logitech as I would bet very few people will be using them with headphones! At least they have a headphone socket!!

  3. hellotomtom on 6th May 2008

    I don't think you can rate these speakers so low based SOLELY on your headphone experience. They are decent speakers, they aren't marketed as amplifiers for headphones. The headphone jack is just there as a convenience if you have a PC (i.e. not a laptop) and can't reach the sound card easily.



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