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Seb, thank you for answering. Unfortunately, I was not exaggerating. The back of the subwoofer became too hot to press my hand against and hold it there. I do not have any way to actually measure the temperature, but not being able to rest my hand against the back of the subwoofer must be abnormal. Yes? Anyway, I bought speakers, not a toaster. When I reconnected my old Boston speakers, and played some mp3 files for more than an hour, the subwoofer became warm but was still easy to press my hand against.

On Friday, 04.13.01, I purchased some new Klipsch 4.1 speakers. I had read some reviews and everyone raved about them. They were easy to set up and the sound was great. All my mp3 files seemed new again. I listened to the files for about two hours at 50 percent volume. Then, intense distortion appeared. At first, i thought something was wrong with my soundcard or fixed disk. Anyway, I rebooted and the distortion was still present, maybe even worse. I got the flashlight out and checked out the wire connections to the subwoofer and the PC. The connections were OK. When down there I noticed that the back of the subwoofer was hot enough to fry an egg. Honestly, I could barely touch the back of the subwoofer. I wondered if the subwoofer was hot enough to be a fire hazzard. Not wanting to find out the hard way, I pulled the plug and let the system cool off over night. Today, the distortion is still present. I tried reinstalling my Soundblaster 5.1 drivers, but that did not help. The distortion was still present. Again, the back of the subwoofer became very hot. There is plenty of ventilation under my desk where the PC and subwoofer reside, so I do not think that is a problem. I really miss the great sound that the speakers produced when they were working properly. What advice does anyone have? Are the speakers blown and I have got to try and exchange them? What about the very hot back of the subwoofer? I reinstalled my old Boston speakers and they sound OK, so I do not think it is a problem with my system. Just in case, I'll post my specs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. System: Intel 850GB mobo P4 1500 mhz PC800 512 mb Soundblaster Platinum 5.1 Herc 3d Prophet Ultra Windows 2000 all updates