Clint Phare Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 I just bought a refurb. 4.1 system and have a few questions. Can you run this as a dual stereo setup? Can the rear speakers be controlled by the volume control and/ or turned off/ on? I plan on using the 4.1 for listening to two channel but I would like to have the rears hooked up in a different room and switch them on and off. Any one attempted this? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted December 29, 2002 Share Posted December 29, 2002 technically you could, but it would be weird and just a plain awkward setup. you would need a speaker switch like on from NILES that would put you back about $40-60. RadioShack has a cheaper model, but you can tell why it is cheap... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Phare Posted December 30, 2002 Author Share Posted December 30, 2002 "you would need a speaker switch like on from NILES that would put you back about $40-60" Why not just a simple electronics switch? How are the surround channels derived? Is it a simple matrix where the left and right are run out of phase? or is there more to it than that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted December 30, 2002 Share Posted December 30, 2002 i found one for like $19 online since you only need two sets of stereo. it is just a switch but companies like to charge more just because they can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Phare Posted January 5, 2003 Author Share Posted January 5, 2003 The refub'ed 4.1's showed up today. I only opened the box and inspected the speakers. They looked good but there was dog hair all over the place! What's up with that? You'd expect a little more from Klipsch. Does Klipsch do the refurb or is it contracted out? Looks like they came from California not Indy. Anyone have an answer about how the surround channels are derived? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chan Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 ---------------- On 1/5/2003 1:09:46 AM Clint Phare wrote: The refub'ed 4.1's showed up today. I only opened the box and inspected the speakers. They looked good but there was dog hair all over the place! What's up with that? You'd expect a little more from Klipsch. Does Klipsch do the refurb or is it contracted out? Looks like they came from California not Indy. Anyone have an answer about how the surround channels are derived? Thanks! ---------------- Hahaha.. dog hair?! It really makes me wonder what Klipsch means by "refurb". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDan Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 ---------------- On 1/5/2003 2:17:29 AM Chan wrote: ---------------- On 1/5/2003 1:09:46 AM Clint Phare wrote: The refub'ed 4.1's showed up today. I only opened the box and inspected the speakers. They looked good but there was dog hair all over the place! What's up with that? You'd expect a little more from Klipsch. Does Klipsch do the refurb or is it contracted out? Looks like they came from California not Indy. Anyone have an answer about how the surround channels are derived? Thanks! ---------------- Hahaha.. dog hair?! It really makes me wonder what Klipsch means by "refurb". ---------------- How are the speakers? Anything wrong with em besides dog hair? How about the sound? -Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Phare Posted January 5, 2003 Author Share Posted January 5, 2003 I am hooking them up on Monday. I doubt theres anything wrong with them. If you can't trust Klipsch selling their own refurbished goods, who can you trust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDan Posted January 5, 2003 Share Posted January 5, 2003 lol sorry, i was kind of flipping out because of people talking up the fact that they were having problems. I think im better now... looking forward to recieving my own. -Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Phare Posted January 6, 2003 Author Share Posted January 6, 2003 I hooked up the 4.1 refurbs.- or at least half of it. They neglected to send me the "Y" adapter they refer to in the instructions. The front channels work fine. No problem. I really don't think there should be any worries about buying factory refurbished goods if it is being sold by a good company- which Klipsch is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin_tx_16 Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 They are not supposed to send you the Y adapter. Unless you pay for one you just don't get it. Radio Shack sells them for a few bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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