You guys know I don't know much about sound. All these years (decades) of playing, heck I barely know how to plug in and make it work. Somebody else always twiddled the knobs. Now that I do it on my own, wow, is there much to learn!

Anyway, I'd like to know why this is. Why do I sound so much better with a $100 ($50 to me, rebate, yippee!) Logitech z2200 system than I do with a Carvin $1,500 sound system? The Carvin is pro-sound, a 12-channel mixer and 15" speakers.

My voice is baritone, I sing lower than many people. The sound I am getting... my voice just sounds so much better on the Logitech. It seems to pick up more vibrato and I'm not trying to do anything. It sounds much richer.

Is it the sub that makes the difference? If so, this confuses me. Because it's such a big difference, I would want this difference no matter what kind of system I was using.

To the guy who said the Logitech is toyish, all I can tell you is this amazes me.