Creative gigaworks s750 v/s logitech z5500

I own a creative audigy 2 nx sound card and looking for the best speaker system compatible with it
After reading the reviews at varoius sites i concluded that the best speaker systems available in INDIA are creative gigaworks s750(35000 RS. INR) and logitech z5500(25000 RS. INR),money is not a consideration all i wanna know which of these speakers is better for watching DVD movies. I am really in a delimma here as logitech z5500 has an inbuilt dolby digital and dts decoder.
can anyone suggest me what to buy PLEAZzzzzzzzzzzz.

The gigaworks sound a lot better or so they say. I've never heard either of these speakers, but in terms of sound quality everyone agrees the gigas are the best PC speakers money can buy.
There are some build quality issues with the gigas though. If you look on this very forum, you'll find that many people have had 3-4 defective units in a row and others have had the system fail a few days after the warranty ran out. What percentage of the total user base this is, is unknown, but the gigas are quite popular amongst discerning pc users.

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Creative Gigaworks S750 speaker placement

Hey Guys,
As I get deeper into how to improve the sound on my Gigaworks S750 I'm starting to experiment with proper speaker placement.
So far, I have the four floor stands for the side and rear channels.
And going by the book I have the side channels slightly past and behind where my ears are, and they are pointed toward each other, and not directly at my ears.
The two rear speakers are both behind me, but pointed straight toward the front of my room, and not directly toward my ears.
Is this how they are supposed to be? Or should the sides be right at my ear level and right to either side of my ears? Same with the rears? Should they be angled in toward my ears at my seating position?
The diagram in my manual doesn't seem to indicate that the speakers get angled toward the listener except the front center above the monitor.
But other sites all seem to want the speakers angled at the listener, unless these Creatives are doing something different to create the surround sound field?
Here's an industry diagram vs. the Creative manual.
Creative diagram for Gigaworks S750, unfortunately I can't scale it up larger, but refer to page 6 by scrolling down in the manual located at the link below.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14711901/C...ks-S750-Manual
So which is the most optimal for my speakers? I'm using option A for my setup in the Creative Manual right now, but just want to know what I should be doing to have the sound setup correct for these speakers.
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Hi Faisal
Try looking in the forum
Successful Repair of s750 with blown Fuse
, there is a wealth of info in there all you have to do is look through the pages

X-Fi Fatality Champion + Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 Speakers + Vista x

Current Computer specs:
Vista Ultimate x64 Retail
Core 2 Quad Q6600
GeForce 8800GTX
6GB RAM
X-Fi Fatality Champion (basically a platinum with Xram)
Gigaworks S750 7. speakers.
I have the above computer, with the latest (Oct st 07) X-Fi drivers.
I cannot set the card to 7. output mode. The option doesn't appear in the windows sound config, and if set in the Creative Audio Console it just switches itself down to 5. instantly.
Any known solution?

Step : Power down computer.
Step 2: Remove Creative card.
Step 3: Install competitor's sound card.
Creative's drivers are known to have issues in systems with 4GB or more of RAM. The Oct st drivers are probably the worst choice, so far. You could try the Auzentech drivers, but there is no guarantee it will fix your issue.
http://forum.stage.creative.com/showthread.php?t=24495
You will probably need THX console from your installation CD to remap your speakers.

Question about Creative GigaWorks S750 power supply

Hi,
was wondering does the GigaWorks S750 comes with voltage switch? will I be able to switch between 20v and 220v? or is there a possibility to send it back to creative and have it switch to 220-240 voltage? Thanks!
Chris

Chris,
I'm afraid not, the Gigaworks doesn't come with any voltage switch. You will probably need to check out some voltage transformer in this case.
Jason

X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty with Creative Gigaworks S

Hy
I have the X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatalty and I'm about to buy the Creative Gigaworks S750.
But first I really need to hear some opinions about it, because I really hate to buy something that I don't know if I'm going to like.
I'm asking opinions about this because I asked in other forums and almost all of them say that the Logitech Z-5500 would be a better choice. I don't know why, maybe because I have a creative's sound card, I really like more the S750.
Please, post your opinions ...
I have ...
http://creative.com/products/product.asp?category=493&subcategory=494&product=5 854
I want to buy ...
http://creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=3&product=9306

the gigaworks s750 is a great speaker system but there are some problems with it that need to be fixed. the best way to prevent any problems is to remove the amplifiers from the subwoofer box and put them in their own box. This is a problem that is known and Creative has not made a permanent fix for. If you do not want to take apart the subwoofer box then you will most likely run into a problem with the speakers and have to send them in for warranty work if the warranty is still good. As I said before the speakers are very good and you cannot beat them for the price but there is a problem that needs to be addressed and creative has not done that so you would have to do it your self if you buy the speakers.

Rear/side speakers not working on GigaWorks S750

I have a Creative GigaWorks S750 7. sound system and a motherboard which uses Realtek HD audio.
There are four colored jack ports on the back of the sub, which are labelled:
Green: Front
Pink: Center/subwoofer
Black: Rear
Grey: Side
There are six jack ports on my motherboard:
Yellow,Blue, Black, Green, Grey and Pink.
The cable that came with the sound system has four jacks on one end, and three on the other.
On the four-jack end, they are Green, Yellow, Black and Grey (so they match up perfectly to the sub, presuming the yellow jack goes into the pink jack port).
On the three-jack end, is Black, Yellow and Green
I have plugged the three-jack end's jacks into the Black, Yellow and Green jack ports on my motherboard.
Everything is now matching. I also have Windows and the Realtek HD Audio Manager set to 7.1.
The front left, front right, front center, sub and back right work fine. However, neither of the side speakers or back left work.
Any ideas?
Message Edited by kingmustard on 05-30-2009 09:54 PM
Message Edited by kingmustard on 05-30-2009 09:55 PM

Hi Kingmustard,
It's recommended to find out which colored audio jack is used for the front, rear, side & center/subwoofer for the Realtek HD audio. The motherboard manual should have this information. Depending on the configuration, you may need a 4 to 4 cable instead. Our default 7.1 connection setup with our Creative sound cards uses the supplied 3 to 4 cable.
Please refer to this article.
Message Edited by KokChoy-CL on 06-01-2009 02:26 PM

Creative Gigaworks up in smoke, suggestions appreciated

My neighbors house was hit with lightning which apparantly traveled the phone lines and knocked out my DSL modem, motherboard, and my Creative Gigaworks S750.
The Sub has a flashing green light and the control pod has no power at all. Replaced my modem and motherboard, the rest of the components are fine so far.
I'm assuming my sub is toast but wondering if I have any alternatives vs replacing the whole system.
The 7 speakers are still good right (I assume)? The sub is fried I'm sure and maybe the control pod? Any suggestion would be appreciated on alternatives.
I've tried the standard leave it unplugged and plug it back in but no go. Thanks

Hi,
Sorry about that.
1. The limited hardware warranty doesn't cover accidents or "act of god". So you are better off buying a new system.
2. If you are familar with electronics, you might want to open up the system and test the components one by one to replace those damaged parts. There is a discussion thread on repairing S750 here.
3. If troubleshooting isn't your thing or it's too tedious, you might want to contact a third-party repairman to get it repaired.

I got a gigaworks s750

hello i have bought a creative gigaworks s750 a month ago and there was no remote control in the box.
i have contact the store where i bought my gigaworks s750 and they dont send me a remote control, but they say i need to send back my whole set.but im not going send it back for a remote control.
I said you send it to me, but they dont send me a remote.
and do you know where i can get a remote control for my gigaworks s750
Message Edited by Yoshi05 on 09-06-2005 09:06 PM

ok i am from the netherlands but i have the high end speaker system and it very expensive
and i dont have the remote that driving me crazy for an expensive thing i feel like you bying a new tv and there is no remote in the box so you cant zapping or you need to stand up to change from channels do you like that, i dont i can't do nothing i can't walk in a shop and buying a remote it's impossible and the store pc one they dont send it they want my whole set back only to send me a new set i am not crazy for one remote control. i can't do nothing and i think you cant do nothing so i am confused.
Message Edited by Yoshi05 on 09-10-2005 03:11 AM

Gigawork s700 vs logitech z5500 vs klipsch ultra 5.1

i wanna buy a set of 5.1 speakers, the purpose is to use it on pc and DVD player.
i want GOOD SOUND QUALITY, LOUD and Earthquake BASS.
Which brand and model is better?
Gigawork s700? Logitech z5500? Klipsch ultra 5.1 or any other suggestion?
Thanks alot.

Definitely go with the klipsch 5.1 ultras. It has by far the best bass out of the 3.1 The logitech may appear to have more bass but it will sound boomy and not as tight and refined as the ultra sub. The gigaworks sub doesn't compare as it's only one 8" instead of 2 and doesn't go as low as the ultras. The 5.1 ultras are just all around the best multimedia speaker set right out right now. The support with klipsch is also amazing and I've been helped by them myself in the past when my original klipsch 5.1's died and they upgraded them to the ultras for free AND paid for shipping all in a timely fashion. That's amazing service and logitechs and creative's service just do not compare. A set of gigaworks I tried a couple of weeks ago didn't even work out of the box. No sound from them at all. $100 down the drain for just trying out those speakers from newegg with shipping and restocking fee. I Bought another set of ultras and couldn't be happier.
Message Edited by bytor33 on 02-11-2005 11:23 AM

Creative Labs What Is Wrong With Your Manufacturing!!!??!?! RE: Gigaworks S750, XFI e

Ok this is a straight forward RANT! In building my new computer I decided to let Creative be my folks for sound since I've always been impressed with the EAX and surround sound, the first time I played EQ in 4. 3D sound on a first gen SBLi've card I was in awe. I've bought so many speakers and sound cards since and been happy. So I decide with my new computer I will buy the XFI Fatality, Progamer headphones with mic, and the Gigaworks s750 7. speakers. Well I got the headphones and the sound card first, right off the headphones left side sounded blown out to me, so I sent them back, and the new pair worked fine. The XFI card became the issue next I had the cracking and popping noises, I made a few tweaks and was able to kill most of it, but I have 4 gigs of Ram and when I turn on the memory hole in the bios so that XP Pro 64 can see the 4 gigs brings back the popping noises. So I have to turn of 2 gigs of ram that cost me over $300 so I don't have nasty noise when I play games. Oh yea and I sent the card back as well in hopes I'd get a repaired one.... No Such Luck... So then I get to my speakers, the left rear channel is making a sound like a blown speaker so I swap the plug with another channel and its fine and the other speaker in that channel makes the noise, so I send back the sub as a RMA at a cost of $30 to me (not like giving them $800+ for broken stuff isn't bad enough... nothing like salt on the wound.) So after 2 weeks of no sound other than headphones for my gaming, I get my sub back, I hook it up and.... Now the left rear channel is totally DEAD. So now I'm PISSED, I call up and hold it together when talking to the RMA folks. They offer to send me a whole new set of speakers, so I'm thinking cool, maybe its in a cable or the box or something.... Today I get home from work and see the box, I'm like sweet new stuff and spend a good hour carefully rewiring my whole desk with the new speakers and cables. Get it all hooked up and click on the sound test for the 7. and........ The Side Left Channel is DEAD WTF!!!!!!
!!! All I can say is it sucks there is no real competition for sound against Creative, because they know their product will be the demand and if they put out a poorly manufactured item they can get away with only so many people will even bother RMAing and will just li've with it thinking they did something wrong. I am truly disturbed by this trend and can only hope that after I actually get everything working in 6 months or so if they ever fix the noise issue with XFI and maybe a few more RMAs of my sub to get one they TEST before sending it to me... I hate to say it but I think next comp I build I'm going to have to start looking at other sound companies. Its sad to lose faith in a company you hold in such high regards for so long as pioneers. Thanks for reading, oh and CL support persons that like to pop into a message and post an idea that most anyone with an IQ over 3 would have tried in the first 5 minutes of troubleshooting only to never revist the thread because your goal is the create the illusion of support on the boards by making a certain number of posts regardless for image sake, don't bother responding since due to my past experience with your phone support I know more about your products than most of you... Oh and your database of issues/fixes doesn't count as knowledge its the results of your customers helping each other with issues and you all pool the fixes they come up with confirm them, and post them as?fixes. I wont rule out a couple of them your crack teams might stumble across like the first guy that discovered that touching electrical wires is bad and put shielding on them, well maybe the guy that found him did it.... Rant off =)

I'll close this thread as I don't think any good discussion can come from it, I think you just wanted to get your point across so I'll leave the thread here but closed, and will pass on specific feedback from it.
I do not see any reason for you to attack the moderators. As we have already stated (and is detailed in the announcement at the top of each board), we are here to make sure the board stays running and people do not post inappropriate content (and abide by the rules), we are not here to provide support. We may post sometimes with advice people could try, but we not trying to create any illusion that support is offered on this board, as it isn't. That is what Customer Support is for.
Cat

Creative Labs What Is Wrong With Your Manufacturing!!!??!?! RE: Gigaworks S750, XFI etc.

Ok this is a straight forward RANT! In building my new computer I decided to let Creative be my folks for sound since I've always been impressed with the EAX and surround sound, the first time I played EQ in 4.1 3D sound on a first gen SBLive card I was in awe. I've bought so many speakers and sound cards since and been happy. So I decide with my new computer I will buy the XFI Fatality, Progamer headphones with mic, and the Gigaworks s750 7.1 speakers. Well I got the headphones and the sound card first, right off the headphones left side sounded blown out to me, so I sent them back, and the new pair worked fine. The XFI card became the issue next I had the cracking and popping noises, I made a few tweaks and was able to kill most of it, but I have 4 gigs of Ram and when I turn on the memory hole in the bios so that XP Pro 64 can see the 4 gigs brings back the popping noises. So I have to turn of 2 gigs of ram that cost me over $300 so I don't have nasty noise when I play games. Oh yea and I sent the card back as well in hopes I'd get a repaired one.... No Such Luck... So then I get to my speakers, the left rear channel is making a sound like a blown speaker so I swap the plug with another channel and its fine and the other speaker in that channel makes the noise, so I send back the sub as a RMA at a cost of $30 to me (not like giving them $800+ for broken stuff isn't bad enough... nothing like salt on the wound.) So after 2 weeks of no sound other than headphones for my gaming, I get my sub back, I hook it up and.... Now the left rear channel is totally DEAD. So now I'm PISSED, I call up and hold it together when talking to the RMA folks. They offer to send me a whole new set of speakers, so I'm thinking cool, maybe its in a cable or the box or something.... Today I get home from work and see the box, I'm like sweet new stuff and spend a good hour carefully rewiring my whole desk with the new speakers and cables. Get it all hooked up and click on the sound test for the 7.1 and........ The Side Left Channel is DEAD WTF!!!!!!
!!! All I can say is it sucks there is no real competition for sound against Creative, because they know their product will be the demand and if they put out a poorly manufactured item they can get away with only so many people will even bother RMAing and will just live with it thinking they did something wrong. I am truly disturbed by this trend and can only hope that after I actually get everything working in 6 months or so if they ever fix the noise issue with XFI and maybe a few more RMAs of my sub to get one they TEST before sending it to me... I hate to say it but I think next comp I build I'm going to have to start looking at other sound companies. Its sad to lose faith in a company you hold in such high regards for so long as pioneers. Thanks for reading, oh and CL support persons that like to pop into a message and post an idea that most anyone with an IQ over 3 would have tried in the first 5 minutes of troubleshooting only to never revist the thread because your goal is the create the illusion of support on the boards by making a certain number of posts regardless for image sake, don't bother responding since due to my past experience with your phone support I know more about your products than most of you... Oh and your database of issues/fixes doesn't count as knowledge its the results of your customers helping each other with issues and you all pool the fixes they come up with confirm them, and post them as fixes. I wont rule out a couple of them your crack teams might stumble across like the first guy that discovered that touching electrical wires is bad and put shielding on them, well maybe the guy that found him did it.... Rant off =)

Duplicate thread.
Cat

Logitech z5500 and creative soundblaster l

Hi All?I have had the creative soundblaster li've for sometime and jsut decided to buy a set of 5. thx speakers. After alot of reading i decided to go for the logitech z5500 as they apealed to me the most. But i have one problem I am using the triple audio stereo cable to connect the speakers to my soundcard, when i perform a test through the creative software it only detects the left and right speakers. Is there something im doing wrong here cause it would be nice when performing a test that all speakers are detected. But the sound seems to be there and sounds good?Hope someone can help!!

Yeah, cant anyone answer this. I have the exact same problem here(except I am using Audigy 2 ZS). I reinstalled the drivers and software 3 times, still, same. As a matter of fact, ever since I updated the drivers, the sound quality has gone down.....How is it that Winamp would be able to send sound to all my speakers yet, the utility for the card wouldn't ? Makes no sense at all !! Anyone wants to try to make sense of this.
Thank you.Message Edited by phild on -23-200604:7 PM

Gigaworks S750 and X-Fi Elite

Hi, sorry to trouble again, the X-Fi console have a DIN output jack, does the S750 speaker have a DIN connector for input? Thanks.
Chris

Hi,
I have a similar issue but with the X-FI Elite Pro and the Mega works THX 550 speakers (the Gigaworks 7.1 range was no longer available in Australia only the much lower powered range).
The instruction imply that I should connect the DIN plug to the speaker system, which I did and now sound came through the speakers.
After 6 weeks of going through the Support Centre, it was finally noted that the Mega works THX 550 speakers need to have the wired remote connected in order for the speakers to function. The linkl between the X-FI console and the speakers was not compatibile.
This forces me to use both the external console AND the wired remote. Having said that I do get volume control now via the external consol (as well as via the wired remote), but the sound volume seem to be much less than what I would expect.
As this incompatibility is NOT documented in any of the sales literature AND even the Support Centre were unaware of it, I have been complaigning loudly.
In the process of working out a resolution, I have been advised that even the Crange are not fully compatible with the X-FI console, that is the volume control is not achieved by the DIN cable from console to Sub woofer. Not having the Mega works THX 550 speakers I can not confirm this and would love to hear the comments of thos how have both the X-FI Elite Pro and a Gigaworks speaker.
For the life of me I acnnot understand why Creative would allow the premier prodcuts in each range NOT to be fully compatible with each other and would really love an explaination from Creative (Silo mentaility perhaps between the different divisions?)
Given the problems, the Logitech Z5500 series sounds a better option, even if you are forced into switching off the decoding functionality on the X-FI sound card.

Is this a genuine gigaworks s750 system?

A little over a month ago I purchased a GigaWorks S750 system from Dell, which arrived in a regular brown box with Creative's logo, pictures of the S750 and black writing on it. It looks fine. Recently however, I observed that all the pictures I ever saw of the S750 always showed the shipping package as a multi-colored box. Plus, some of the wording on the box I received are a bit different from what are on the multi-colored box.
Just out of curiosity, I e-mailed Creative about this and they replied stating that all S750 systems are indeed shipped in Creative's multi-colored box (orange/white with blue writing on it). They advised that I should contact Dell about this since Dell might have shipped me a refurbished S750 system.
I contacted Dell by telephone about what Creative had said and they told me that first of all, they do not refurbish third party products and second, although I ordered the product from Dell, the S750 was actually shipped from Creative's warehouse. (Product was actually shipped from a company named Tech Data Corp., Technology Drive, Swedesboro, NJ 08085. Country of origin: China. Manufactured date: 0/28/05).
Please note that I have not even hooked up the system yet. In view of the innumerable amount of problems people are having with the S750, I think I should first get some explanation about this discrepancy.
Am I the only one this has happened to I need to know whether this is a genuine GigaWorks S750 system or is it a fake, a refurbished set or whatever. I really need to know just to put my mind at ease.
JC

JC,
I have seen S700 and S750's shipped in brown boxes so I would not worry. It may be that since these were for a third party a brown box was decided on as the packaging. I am not aware of any "fake" S750's so I think you are safe.
Jeremy

My Gigaworks S750 system distorts when i turn up the volume... Please Help Me

My Gigaworks s750 has been stuffed from day . It's about a year old. How is it stuffed? turn up the volume and some speakers distort. Its not the speakers, i tested by swapping them around, so the amp in the sub is stuffed. Can i pay creative to fix this? any ideas on cost? If not can i take out the AMP and buy one and plug that into it to replace the broken one?
Thanks!
Regards, Mortagen

You're right, it's over my head. I have no understanding of bitrates being sent too fast to the subwoofer, perhaps your brother can break it down into layman's terms for you and then you can enlighten us. With regards to Creative charging you $200 to fix it, it sounds like you've already sent the speakers to Creative. As I understand it from past experience and from what others have posted, Creative never quotes a repair charge until they have had an opportunity to diagnose the system to determine the level of repairs needed. That, of course, would also conflict with Creative's more current policy of not doing any out-of-warranty repairs at all, and not providing any support for any product that is out of warranty.
The crackling that you're hearing is probably there at all levels, you may just need to turn it up to the 50% or above level for it to be noticable. If this is an issue that has just exhibited itself in the last 6 months or so, there is probably a loose or fatigued connection someplace. The most likely is probably one of the 3.5mm female jacks on the subwoofer, or a wire that may need to be replaced.
andrewc289 wrote:
I posted about the same issue. It is not normal distortion, most likely a bad amp. I am looking into how I can fix this myself also since creative wants over $200 to fix a product that broken because of their poor design.
Check out the thread that involves repairing the sub, it may be a little over your head though.

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