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w00t! Just received my amp back from Elliot-tronics today. Absolutely awesome to have my amp back up and running. I can't recommend this guy enough. He was very responsive through the whole process and kept his word on the turn time. They sound better than ever now! The sound is more pronounced and accurate and the subwoofer is delivering like I've never heard it do before. If your amp is failing and don't know about how to fix it yourself, don't hesitate to contact him and get your repair setup. It was well worth it!

My thoughts exactly, Satchel. I've had mine for 5 years before they finally started producing the symptoms that others had been experiencing. I sent my Amp to elliot on 10/19/09. I hope to have the amp back this week. I'm very excited as I don't believe there is another PC speaker system on the market that matches the 5.1 ultra's (Unless you consider the iFi a direct competitor).

Hey all, I've already upgraded the Front L/R speakers to the Klipsch RSX-5's, but the rear speakers & center are still stock. I've mostly seen the RCX-4 as the center upgrade for these speakers. However, I've found a RC-35 locally for $100 (Used), and wondering if the Bash Amp would be able to accommodate a center channel of that size? Also, if it would work, would it be too overpowering compared to the RSX-5's?

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but if the same issue happens when you listen through your headphones, that usually indicates a control pod issue. You can purchase a new one through Klipsch: http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/promedia-ultra-5-1-control-module-overview/

What do you mean by 'won't work'? Do they power on? Or do you press the control pod power button and nothing happens? If that's the case, I think that means the fuse has blown. Just replace the fuse, and you should be back in working order.

My personal favorite for testing my HT setup is Star Trek First Contact. Watch the battle scene with starfleet against the borg cube. Definately a great 10 Minutes of sonic bliss. Also the Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith works well (hell any Star Wars film works well).

Is this THE best home-audio subwoofer on the market in terms of specs? Also, how would it pair up with the speakers from the THX-Ultra2 System? Possibly overpowering or would it be a match made in heaven? How 'bout the high end speakers from the reference line as well? What kind of amp(s) would you use to run this system? Crown? Or would a high output HT Reciever work as well? I know I sound like a damn n00b (because I am), but this is still interesting as hell for pions such as myself who could only dream to afford something like that.

Wow bonder! Those units match suprisingly well for that reciever being of a different manufacturer than the pioneers almost looks like they are supposed to be together. They look to be in great shape as well. What a find for $50. I gotta start gettin' my butt to some garage sales.

Wrong. I owned the Audiotrak Prodigy 7.1LT (same SPU that's on the M-Audio Revolution) before moving to the X-Fi, and only in the Gaming dept. does the X-Fi truely outperform the VIA Envy 24-HT SPU. I'll actually goes as far as saying that music with the Audiotrak sounded just a tad bit better than that of the X-Fi (although that is subjective), it's pretty much factual that the VIA Envy chip is atleast on par with that of the X-Fi in terms of music and movie playback. EDIT: I meant to quote Fouraces when I typed the above statement.

Yeah, he may game faster than you, but even with him @ 2.5GHz, you'll still be able to out-do him in about any multi-tasking environment. And I bet your system sounds better too

I don't know if the previous lyric was answered or not, so if it wasn't disregard the next few lines: "I see your hair is burnin' Hills are filled with fire If they say I never loved you You know they are a liar"

I'm going to have to agree, Sarah McLachlan in my opinion is the best female artist out right now, and is one of my favorite artists of all time. She has a lot of emotion in her vocals and on top of that a great piano player. Fallen, is definately in my top 5 for my favorite songs. And yes, these Klipsch speakers definately do her voice/music justice.

The satellites on the iFi (RSX-3's) are definately superior to the ProMedia Ultra's. It'd be nice if you could do a little side by side comparison of both to see how they sound in relation to one another. Hope you enjoy your new system.

Thanks for the replies guys. One more n00b question then for ya, what exactly is tagging? and why would I want that?

I'm sorry, I thought .WAV was also compressed it just didn't lose audio quality. My mistake, is there any formats that do compress but keep it sounding just as good as a .WAV file? Thanks

Yes, I do have the plate. There is only one cable to connect the card to the I/O drive. Then there are 2 power connectors. One on the card and the other on the drive. I've connected every thing that I see if possible to connect unfortunately and am still having issues. Thanks for the response though.

I also own the X-Fi Platinum, and all I have to say is my PM 5.1Ultras have never sounded this good. Beyond the annoyance of not being able to get my S/PDIF Coaxial input to actually playback audio it's the best sound card I have ever owned (this is coming from a Prodigy 7.1LT which I still think sounds fantastic). That's all I have to say about it.

My vote would go to Leroi Moore from the Dave Matthews Band. He's a very talented Saxophonist.

Hi all, I just recently purchased an Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum. I'm trying to hook up my Digital Turntable (Yes it has S/PDIF Coaxial Output) to my Front I/O Drive that came with the sound card. Every time I hook up the Turntable, I get absolutely no sound from it, no matter which setting I set in the Drivers for S/PDIF or Digital Input. I then tried my external DVD player with the Coaxial input, and also got absolutely no sound. I then tried an optical cable with the I/O drive and the sound worked just fine. Here's things I've done to troubleshoot this issue: I tried multiple different Coaxial cables rated at 75-Ohms Resistance I tried 2 different S/PDIF Coax sources to rule out the possibility that the S/PDIF Coax on the turntable was bad. I even exchanged this card for a new one, just to make sure that the I/O drive wasn't bad. I've unmuted both Digital in and S/PDIF in on the sound card and turn the volume up all the way. I've tried all the S/PDIF input settings: "Dolby Digital/DTS SPDIF-in Decode", "Defualt" and "SPDIF Bypass" all to no avail. I'm beyond confused as to why Optical would work but Coaxial wouldn't... There's absolutely no difference between the two except the medium in which the data travels. If anyone has any suggestions as to why this doesn't work, or how I can go about resolving this issue, I'd be very appreciative. Thanks all.

^ I agree, nothing tests a new home-theatre system quite like star wars. Especially for testing all-around noise (not just the typical explosion noise from most action flicks).

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back or Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi I can't pick between them as they are both so damn good.

Hi all, I'm trying to figure out what the best lossless audio format is, and knowing that there is quite a few Audiophiles here I thought this would be the best place to ask. I've been ripping a lot of songs from my CD's and putting them on my computer as 16-bit 44.1kHz .WAV files. Is .WAV the best lossless audio format? Or is there better? Thanks for any input.

I agree with dragonfyr. I myself also use the layered security approach. I have a Netgear WGT624 for my Wireless home network, It has WPA-SK encryption and Stateful Packet Inspection (which I think is truely a must in todays routers). Although I'm not familiar with the AES wireless security standard. Could you be more specific dragonfyr on what that is/does? Thanks. I personally use Sygate Personal firewall, I also recommend ZoneAlarm Pro, but it didn't play well with my Anti-virus so I had to find another solution. (I'm using NOD32 Anti-virus BTW). Also, I have every computer on the network communicating in IPX/SPX protocal instead of TCP/IP so computers outside of the network can't "listen" in on the conversations between the home PCs.