Barking Frog

Damn I am stupid. I, under your original advice, just pulled my computer out of its cubby and found out my left connect was unplugged! Probably happened during my frequent moving of the speakers. Oh BTW, I still haven't gotten around to ordering the "new" preamp (the one I am using is the old one w/o an on/off switch, nor headphone outs), since I'm getting a new computer in a few months and will upgrade my speakers at the same time. Thanks for your help.

Hmm... I was just playing a song and I just got the crackling sound again -- I guess I was too quick to say the problem was fixed after a limited amount of listening. However, the crackling/popping is less -- I used to get an average of 3 - 5 per song, and it now occurs only during certain parts of the song and less often. To soon to make that judgement though, I guess. Anyways, I think the problem lies in the old preamp (I am still using the original ones in probably the first batch, as I'm unsure of the model number)? It seems more likely than the amp, since it occurs mainly during the highs.

Actually, I'm pretty sure it's just the rear left speaker that's damaged. However, since different surrounds wouldn't match (at least in this case), I used "replaced" both speakers. My speaker is probably just damaged by someone knocking it over. However, to my ears, my current configuration sounds better, so I'm more curious if there may be any possible problems with this set up.

Recently, I've noticed some problems with my rear surrounds (there would be cracking and popping sounds when playing some songs), so I decided I'd use my OLD small 40W Wharfedale speakers as surrounds. They work fine and sound better than before, but I'm just wondering -- should there be any problems with it? FTR, I'm still using the original pre-amp that came with the first Promedia 4.1s; the surrounds are rated as 89 dB; cover a frequency range of 150Hz - 20KHz; 5.5 KHz crossover; and are 8 ohms. I don't think there should be any problems with power, since I believe the Klipschs are rated at 60W, but just checking...

Thanks guys. I'll give some of those a shot... or maybe it's time to upgrade to 5.1s (...in which case I would probably have to purchase it through a store posted here anyways).

I was hoping to purchase one, but I noticed that Klipsch.com ships within only the United States. Does anyone know how I can purchase one in Canada?