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Holy Cats! The new pods have an input and a headphone output? Too bad there's not a switch to turn off the mains and just run headphones.... (Or does it do that automatically when you plug the headphones in?) You're right - it wouldn't be 8.2's, but - you could get a much fuller sound by running 4.1 off the front channel and 4.1 off the rear. Wired up properly - the 'surround' knob for the front set would adjust the volume of the additional 2 front speakers for more 'fullness' (or just more volume). And the rears could be set up the same way. With the right size room (and speaker placement) it could be pretty amazing.

BB - can't help but throw my $0.02 in.... From a pure statistics standpoint you are just as likely to get 3 bad sets in a row as one. AND, yes, you are also just as likely to win the lottery 3 times in a row as you are to win once. Each random draw stands on its own and is not influenced mathmatically by previous draws. To put this in perspective - say you take a six sided die and roll it 10 times, and by chance you roll a "5" each time. On your eleventh roll you are just as likely to roll a 5 as you are any other number. The odds remain 1 in 6, regardless of the fact that 5 came up the last ten times in a row. Or in reverse - if you roll the die 100 times and never get a 5, your next roll is still just as likely to not be a 5 as it was on your first roll. Its sounds hard to believe but that's the way it is. So - if Klipch manufactured, say, 10,000 4.1's last year, and 5% were defective, your odds of getting a bad unit are always 1 in 20, no matter how many units you buy (or return), or who you buy them from. Now - that's assuming, I suppose, that the defects are spread uniformly across the production run so no single distribution source receives a disproportionate number of bad units. (i.e. all 500 bad units are not manufactured in a row and all sent to Best Buy). I suspect the final statistics for any specific person would be governed by production runs and shipping schedules, but from an overall perspective, your odds would always be the same. Who was that guy in the Asimov "Foundation" series that could predict the future of mankind by applying statistics on a large enough scale? Isn't math fun?

Hmm - that makes sense. So - is the control pod something I can just take to a local TV/Audio repair shop? Or must I take it to an "authorized service center" (ugh)? Does Klipsch sell just the control pod on its own? What do these cost? My buddy immediately bought a set of creative 5.1's the day after his Klipsch fried, so I'm interested in seeing what it would cost to have this fixed so I can make him a reasonable offer to take them off his hands. I already own a set Klipsch 4.1's myself - I don't know yet what I'd do with 2 sets if he was willing to sell his, but I'm sure I can think of something, heh heh. Hmm - use 2 audio Y cables to run a full set of 4.1's off both the front and rear audio jacks on my SB Live! card? That could be interesting...... Thanks!

Hey all, My buddy's 4.1's puked last night. The LED on the control pod is on, but all 4 speakers put out just a thin 'tinny' sound. Volume control still makes a small difference, but its obvious there is no power behind it, or to the sub. I confirmed its not the sound card so something in the speakers must have blown. We noticed that when we unplugged the power and plugged it back in, the sub still made the low "thump" sound it always does when its powered up. (Not sure if this helps anyone diagnose my problems). Is there a fuse or something inside the sub case? This set is about two years old, purchased directly from Klipsch. How long is the warranty on these things? Is my buddy screwed? Thanks