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Awesome. Thanks, Marvel!

So I just purchased the HD 500 setup, and hooked them up to my receiver, but egads! I didn't take into account that my subwoofer is supposed to use an RCA style subwoofer cable to hook it up. This is problematic as my receiver does not have a sub output like that (only the terminal doo-hickies that bare wire plug into). However, I did notice that my sub also had the terminal doo-hickies and so far, I'm getting sound, and it seems to be working just fine. HOWEVER!!!! The subwoofer output is powered... Is this going to be a problem with an already powered subwoofer? My gut says no, but something also tells me yes.

I'll be honest, when I had my ProMedia v.2-400's back in the day, the pre-amp developed a scratchy problem when the volume was adjusted, tapped, or even stared at wrong. The speakers never dropped, but an EXTREMELY annoying scratching was present whilst moving the knob. I tried a can of rheostat cleaner from Radio Shack (a tiny bottle that was about 20 dollars!!) and sprayed it all over the rheostat. Waited about 20 minutes, and presto, the scratching was gone, and after two years, it's still gone. So, yeah, I can see this problem working. I was going to try it a while ago, but my knob didn't scratch, it just cuts out. However, it makes sense. Thank you for the idea!

Rather than get on everyone's bad side, I'm going to explain my problem in painfully great detail, being sure to leave no bit of evidence behind. I've been using the ProMedia 2.0 Ultra speakers for over a year now, and I've loved them every moment I've had them. However, about six months or so into my ownership, I noticed that my speakers would very randomly cut out, preceded by a faint crackle or pop noise. Occasionally, it would come back on in a matter of seconds, and be fine the rest of the time they were used. Other times, they would come back on, and then cut back out again within a few moments. Thankfully, I'm technologically inclined, so I opted to check my sound card first. My sound card is an integrated piece of junk, so I figured that would be the prime culprit. After my speakers cut out again, I removed the plug to the jack, and my built in speakers instantly powered up and started playing music. Maybe it was the jack? I tried other tests. I tried with my DiscMan, I tried with my iPod, I tried with just about anything that made noise through a headphone jack. I tried the front AUX port, and the rear LINE IN ports, and the sounds could be reproduced. I tried a wide array of different cables and cords, plugging in the speakers into different outlets, surge protectors and suppressors, and so on and so forth. The problem kept happening. Obviously my problem has nothing to do with my devices I'm connecting them to, and I treat my speakers like newborns. The worst handling they had was when I took them out of the box and set them on my table (meaning to imply that gently unboxing them was the worst they've been subjected to). Other than that, they haven't moved and they haven't been subjected to any acts of nature (hurricanes, lightning storms, etc.). I believed in the Klipsch name when I first got my set of ProMedia V2-400's back in the day, and I was blown away at the sound quality. These Ultra 2.0's do the same, but this problem of intermittent sound is rather disheartening. Is there a possibility an internal component used in manufacturing a first generation batch was just faulty? I've heard many people have this problem, and I'm hoping there will be a simple fix. If anything, I hope someone may have come up with a "so far it's working" method of fixing this "not extremely annoying but it's quirky enough to be distracting" problem. Thank you in advance, Shawn Holmes