deaf guy

Hey Lurtz, Sorry to hear about the bad news, I have 4 satellites from the 4.1 system that I won't be using, you can have those if you'd like but you'll have to find a 4.1 amp/sub.

Hey All, I'm looking for specific part numbers for the volume pot on my CP-1, that and some info on the power switch. As far as I can tell, the volume pot is made by Alpha, and its a 4 channel 50kohm pot. The Alpha pot is R9, and the Switch is SW01...any help sourcing a drop in replacement or even the part numbers would be appreciated! = Andy

Funny my little pup chewed up the right channel wire as her chew toy. There was no way the stock 20 gauge could withstand her needle like teeth. I took that upon myselft to upgrade the wire rather than resoldering it back together. Bought 50' of some 12 guage Carol speaker wire at Home Depot and some mini mono plugs at radio shack. Total cost was at less then 30 bucks, you should be able to get it lower if you go for 14 gauge you'll see why below. I just got the soldering job (2% silver solder used) done today so now I'm listening to the speakers right now and frankly I don't notice much at all if anything my wires are 25' and I have a much better flexibility in placement of the speakers and sub. (I'm only using two speakers, I'm a stereo man I guess). couple notes about the 12 gauge wire, 12 gauge wireS will not fit into the encasement of the mini mono plugs, 12 gauge wire will not fit into the amp clips. So I had to peel it down to about 14 gauge to get the tinned wire terminals to fit into the clips of the amps, The wires did fine soldering to the mini mono plugs but the plastic encasement doesn't fit two wires into it only one does so I had to leave the encasement out which puts the plugs at risk since 12 guage is freaking heavy and which should not be hanging from the plugs since it could bend the leads and break off. So if you need more length but you don't want to tackle the job yourself then get the monster cable from klipsch, it looks nice and the wires are plush against the plugs , unless you'd like to take this on yourself then go buy some mini mono plugs and bring it to home depot and see which gauge wires fits into the encasement nicely and buy that one; don't make the mistake I did . If worse comes to worse its placebo but it ain't that bad cuz you think its all good then its all good right? hopefully more people can chime in on thier wire upgrade experience I'd like to hear more

insert your headphone plug into the headphone output, remember to press the "mute" or off button on the promedias so the sound will be cut some the speakers. You will still get sound from the headphones just not from the speakers. ------------------ bass beats melody

Just to let you know Ive own the Promedia 4.1 when they first came out and they still sound good with no defects. Lucky me. enjoying them ever since but the recent post in the 4.1 forum of sets going bad and previous surge of 5.1(some are stilling popping up revision k? sets going bad has bother me allot and my mind. Im seeing so many complaints of bad sets. And Im still seeing them. When will it end? I have no idea. When will it end Klipsch? Granted this is the company's forum and this is a place to get help but never the less, its seems like a big problem to me. The word has gotten out already Klipsch. Users (me) have warned potential customers (friends) of their problems. Users (me) can't whole-heartedly recommend the Promedia line because of these "bad batches" that keep on popping up. I can't whole-heartedly recommend Klipsch to my friends because I don't want to put them through the trouble and hassle that some of the other people have had. Some have gone through 3 sets (now I know that is one of the extreme cases that Ive seen on the boards)? I could understand if it was from the same batch, but if it wasn't then that's just unethical and horrible. ------------------------------------------------------ Anybody remember the Intel Pentium ordeal? Basically Intel had a flaw in the new Pentium chip's floating Point Unit. The flaw as detectable by the user when using double-precision arithmetic (common operation). Standard test were used to find the flaw. A spreadsheet was used to find the flaw. When the number 4,195,835 is multiplied by 3,145,727 and divided by 3,145,727 is should be 4,195,835. But with the flawed cpu the number came out to 4,195,579. Hopefully most of us know that a number "n" multiplied by "x" and divided by "x" should be "n". Intel first denied the problem even existed, and then when more problems showed up and it was clear that there was a problem, Intel switched their stance, and claimed that the defect was insignificant and most will never notice the problem. (It was a .006% error) with the above spreadsheet problem). Intel would only replace those chips whose users could prove that they needed the unflawed chip. Sad thing is that they sold over 2 million defective pcs. Most customers weren't satisfied with this "fix". IBM one of Intel's major users cancelled all of the pcs with the flawed Intel cpus (shows how much IBM cared for their users back then ). Finally after allot of negative publicity Intel offered to replace any flawed chip if the customer asked for it. Sad thing was that Intel new about the flawed chips before the news even surfaced about it. They remedied the problem, but they still sold the flawed processors waiting for the new version to be available while the stock of the flawed ones would run out. What did Intel learn? Problems need to be fixed immediately and that decision will be based on the consumers view of how serious the problem is, rather then Intels own view. ------------------------------------------------------ That is almost parallel to what I am seeing here and now. But the end of the story is up to Klipsch and how they choose to fix the problems. Learn the hard way or use the lessons that Intel has learned. What am I asking here? Make me believe that these problems are only a fraction of a percent of what comes out of the factory. I believe that most people here want to know the magical numbers. The official failure rates. If you say that it isn't that bad then shut us up by showing us the numbers. I see no harm in doing this. If it is as good as you say then the failure rates will only strength your name and reputation. Must I bring in how Bridgestone spent 1 billion dollars fighting in court in the Firestone tire ordeal? i can understand if you aren't under liberty to give them up. but hey i won't know unless i ask right? Reading all these complaints, failures, and DoA is depressing. One can't defend a castle that is dying from the inside can he? (Get my symbolism?) Klipsch has probably loss some customers from the negative threads. Maybe Im asking/expecting too much from Klipsch? Am I? I know that no one is perfect and I can understand that, but i think this is too much to push aside. I would like to remind Klipsch that most users have brand loyalty. Don't screw us; don't screw with your customers. They are the ones that you should treat well. Why? Example: Kid finds amazing reviews on the web about some cool computer speakers. He buys em and it turns out to be great and amazing full of hard-hitting sound. It just blows him away b/c he's never hear "music" before only sound. The name Klipsch instills in his mind. He later grows up and has a decent job and decides to go for HT. Where does he turn to? Hmm. maybe the brand that has faithfully served him through his childhood years. point is that if you impress us now and serve us well you will have us eating out of your hands for life.c> well most of us... Ive heard you guys have great customer service and the wonderful Amy to help with any problems and Justin too. But thats not where the problem is, its in the product itself not the service. What was that saying? If a customer has a bad experience with some product he will tell 10 people of his bad experience while if he had a great experience with a product he will tell 2 people. I know its hard uphill battle but once youre up there you are up there. Wow I dumped out my feelings for Klipsch. Come on Klipsch I don't want to see your name tainted by these "bad batches". Fix it and prove it. Im pretty sure that some people agree with me right? -Concerned Customer edit: why do these expression faces come up so big... ------------------ bass beats melody This message has been edited by deaf guy on 02-20-2002 at 09:57 PM

how many milliwatts does klipsch put out on the headphone jack? will it properly power the sennheiser hd 600's? ------------------ bass beats melody

bought mine the first time the 4.1 went on sale on klipsch website. and its still rockin' !!! i was nvr foolish enough to blast the speakers. music/ games 100% wave 14% main 50% control pod dvd is another question 100% wave 100% main 60-70% control pod too me both have the same sound output level. ------------------ bass beats melody

is that your kid? heeh nice looking kid looks likes he's a handful eh ------------------ bass beats melody

ha!i wodering why thepic of the2-400 looked odd. looked like it was photochopped but anyways it actually got me wondering and i actually went to the back of mine to check to see if i had missed the numbers. ------------------ bass beats melody This message has been edited by deaf guy on 12-16-2001 at 03:43 AM

ooh nice thanks i'll give that a try. but with this setup i can expect extra noise right? eh i'll try anyways thanks justin ------------------ bass beats melody

anybody know how to connect the pros to a gamecube with out using teh audio tornado? i'm way to poor afford the audio tornado i don't work no more so audio tornado is not an option. ------------------ bass beats melody

http://gear.ign.com/articles/306744p1.html i don't believe it either! waitin' for more sound proof. ------------------ bass beats melody

hheeh coo splinter. ------------------ bass beats melody

ooh yeah scary thought. ive been super careful ever since i got my pro's. i've never pushed my system, i usually don't listen to music loud unless i get the urge but loud isn't "loud" maybe 40% volume knob and 25% main and 100% wave volume. that is a good idea though clandeggen. it certainlly works but i don't have that extra surge protector heehehhe so i have to manually unplug it every night ehehhe. ------------------ bass beats melody

yeah its normal. that button isn't really a power button it just a mute button, its suppose to know when to go into powersaving mode when you press it i think. mine heats up too even when the led is red its only warm to the touch when nothing is playing.only way is to completely shut off the power by unplugging the power cord. when i have played it for a while i can definitly touch mine with out getting burned but when i touch the screws i get a burning sensation but it doesn't burn me. i haven't had any negative effects because of it so far. well if you want to go the extra mile just place a small household fan in the back of the sub to cool it off, the back plate was room temp with the fan. that what i did in the summer when it was freaking hot in my house, now that it has cooled down a whole lot the sub is back to sitting in the corner of my room ------------------ bass beats melody

dear God. yes please pray if you've never prayed this will be a darn good time to start pray that God will lead Bush and the nation through this horrible tragedy! hey man hope your father makes it through too has he contacted you yet? ------------------ bass beats melody This message has been edited by deaf guy on 09-11-2001 at 03:38 PM

i don't know if i'm hearing this corectly but the the speakers seem to be much louder at the normal setting which i had in win 98se >>> main volume 60% > wave 100% volume knob less than or equal to half also does any one know of a patch that i can install or a fix. there is this problem with win2k and soundblasters where i would get random static pops. installed liveware 3.0 for the eax acceleration. now i get random static pops sometimes more often when i'm scrolling my mouse. anyone else getting this problem? ------------------ bass beats melody This message has been edited by deaf guy on 09-08-2001 at 02:15 PM

i have no idea man did you try e-mailing amy the one who fixes all problems? is crackling? hissing? i'm sorry man but i have no idea but to e-mail amy for help ------------------ bass beats melody

ah yes..... i finally found the courage to push hard enough on the control pod hey thanks man for the tips now i have more versatility in my sub placement ------------------ bass beats melody

are we able to detach the control pod for the promedia 4.1? cuz i read a while back on the boards that you can, but i'm having a really hard time trying to detach the control pod. you just have to slide out the control pod right? am i doing this right? has anyone done this yet? any tips on getting it off? ------------------ bass beats melody

yeah i agree with magnum i think you do need an add on card for your promedia 4.1 i'm pretty sure that you would get rid of your static problem too, i'm thinking its coming from your y adapter but i don't know just speculation. i don't know about question two though i have mine at quadrophonic setting becuase i have two channels coming out. but yes i think the desktop speakers setting is fine ------------------ bass beats melody

heh guess what RooBomb i have the same problem but i'm on win 98se with the original drivers that came on the cd. i tried both versions of the 9.x patch but both of them say the same thing bought my card last year during the summer anybody know how to install this thing? help us out please ehehhe ------------------ bass beats melody

i heard that extremely low end sound will make people go crazy like involuntary movements, bodly functions messed up, they will think they are going crazy in the head, things like that..... well my physics teacher told me that either he was just mesing with me or something but it seemed funny heheheh...... ------------------ bass beats melody

yeah and i believe it was bajepeche i forgot how to spell his name dang so lucky getting a 5.1 for free.....ah well must be content ------------------ bass beats melody

alrite from looking at this review it looks like its a 4.1 soundcard http://www.maximum3d.com/reviews/aureal1.htm vortex sq2500 ------------------ bass beats melody