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quote: Originally posted by BobG: It is most likely you've blown that woofer from amp clipping. The volume setting you describe is beyond the clean power capability of your amp. A general rule of thumb is that any setting over the 2:00 spot on the volume knob is DEFINITELY going to blow speakers. This is without any bass or treble boost or eq or any other function which demands additional power. Klipsch will cover this error one time on the driver. Contact your authorized dealer for assistance. BTW, both the SB-3 and the KSB-3.1 are ported. There are several differences, but either would have suffered under clipping. I should also state that it is possible that the driver was defective and that clipping did not do it in. From the description you have provided, I am pretty sure you were clipping, but if a voice coil lead came disconnected or fractured, you could experience the same symptoms. A close examination of the woofer will reveal whether it was clipping or not. Contact your authorized dealer. How do you tell what 2:00 position is on a digital volume?

Turn the treble down, cause my SB-3 would make my ears tires REAL fast, until I toned the HORNS down a bit!

http://www.dealtime.com is another with merchants will cheap prices. Just found the SC-1 for $159

http://shopping.yahoo.com has GREAT prices on Klipsch, but don't think these companies are Authorized, but you'll save $100+. Example: I plan on getting the SC-1, should I pay the Authorized dealer $280 or the other guy $169? Ahhh very tempting to go with yahoo merchants huh? I did when I ordered my SB-3 total price $342

I have my SB-3 hooked to a Onkyo TX-DS595 & after 5 days of use the woofer in one stopped playing. If I pressed on it gently it would begin to play. Was told voice coil is SHOT! One prob. may have been cause I had it set to Large speaker & not small to send more of the lows to my LFE SUB. Also was told the TX-DS595(75w) is under powering the SB-3? Anyone have a clue on the price of a new woofer? And if I should upgrade to the TX-DS696(100W) so I don't have to crank them up to 50-55 out of 64(volume number varies on audio setup)