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Section Editor, Audio/Video
logitech z523 review
Logitech Z523
“We never expected speakers this cheap—okay, inexpensive—to sound this good.”
Pros
  • Excellent sound
  • Great bass output
  • Inputs for three stereo sources
  • Attractive
  • Strong price/performance ratio
Cons
  • Hard-wired cables
  • Harsh highs nearing full volume
  • Plastic satellite cabinets
  • Won’t fill a large room

Phil spent the 2000s making newspapers with the Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal, the 2010s with Android Central and then the personality behind Modern Dad, and is currently an editor with Digital Trends. Phil’s online work has taken him all over the United States, as well as Europe and Asia.

When he’s not writing, editing, or shooting video, Phil serves as president of the Pensacola Youth Soccer 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has worked on multiple local political campaigns and is a part-time photographer and videographer. He’s also a candidate for Pensacola City Council, District 1.

Phil is a native of Pensacola, where he resides with his wife, daughters and a dog named Max.

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