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hahaha, the earth simulator is a PC? stop posting....kthx

I made my own wires out of some Phoenix Gold 16 gauge car stereo wiring and they just made my set of 4.1s sound 50% better. Then again my stock wires were pretty cut up and worn out anyway.

I bit the bullet and purchased a set of the Promedia 4.1s refurbished from Klipsch and here is my experience. FedEx ground shipping is fast. gg FedEx. When I got the speakers in, I was pretty psyched cause Klipsch has been pretty hyped up online. My first impression after opening the box was a little disappointing. The cables leading out of the Control Pod weren't tied up and were everywhere. So I went on to hook up the system to my SB Live 5.1 to test these suckers out. To my dismay as I was wiring up the satelites, I found several cuts in the wiring and I could clearly see bare wire exposed. I electrical taped those up and noticed that one of the speaker wires was actually severed so I had to strip it, tie it up, and electrical tape it up too. After orienting all the satelites, I decided to fire up some MP3s w/ some BASS. After blasting them at a relatively low volume, I began to notice that sub had a rattling sound and didn't sound quite right. Sure enough upon inspection, the back panel of the subwoofer was loose. One of the screws stripped the wood and could be pulled out w/ relatively little strength. I decided to just replace that screw w/ a screw slightly larger then it, but that didn't help. I notice air was still escaping out the back panel and that it wasn't properly sealed. I may or may not have voided my 90 day warranty by doing the following but I don't really care. I took some quick sealing silicone and began to seal off the areas where air was escaping and a few hours later after drying, fired up the speakers again. I am actually able to push these puppies pretty hard w/ out any rattling now from the sub. To sum it up, I WOULD NOT recommend anyone to buy the refurbished 4.1s if they want a system to work perfectly right out of the box. However, if you're a somewhat savy, techie, hands on type of guy who's not afraid to put a little work into the system, then at 149.99 dollars, these are right for you. P.S. I can't say whether the damage came directly from Klipsch or FedEx. (I did notice the FedEx delievery person drop a few boxes from her van trying to get to my package) So instead of jumping all over Klipsch about defective items or whatever, plz be aware that sh*t happens during delievery. kthx bai