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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).
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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?
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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/
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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"
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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.
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I just ordered an ifi (from ebay) to use as a
computer 2.1 setup. I'll post a report once I get it hooked up
and broken in. I love my big Klipsch sound system, and in the
past I enjoyed the Promedia Ultras (currently with my girlfriend), but
I'm really looking forward to hooking these puppies up to see what they
can do with computer sound...
Scott
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.
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Thanks for the replies guys.
One more n00b question then for ya, what exactly is tagging? and why would I want that?
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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
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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.
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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.
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My vote would go to Leroi Moore from the Dave Matthews Band. He's a very talented Saxophonist.
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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.
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^ 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).
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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.
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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.
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I would definately employ a layered approach
utilizing both the hardware based firewall as well as a local software
based firewall.
Routers are not that difficult to circumvent.
And I personally prefer ZoneAlarm Pro for the desktop.
ESPECIALLY
if you are using any form of wireless prior to the new 802.11i-AES
security standard that supercedes both the broken WEP and Wi-FI that
utilize the fundamentally flawed RC4 cypher primative.
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.
Promedia 5.1 Ultra and THX PLEASE TAKE A LOOK!!!
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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!