karmicanomaly Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Got the 4.1's from my aunt in the states and was all gung ho on trying them so I put them in my 240v power socket (the klipsches accept only 120v) so anyways I think something in the woofer is fried (some coil may have broken according to my electrical engineer), the question now arises whether there is anyway I can salvage these speakers, forget warranty because my aunt has already left for the states. What has happened, and why can I get no power even after using a converter? Is there some way I can recoil the broken transformer? Will the power problem affect the performance of the speakers through sound quality? Can the situation be remedied locally? Any Inputs will help cause Im more or less at sea and yes I re-iterate the fact that I am such a moron for landing in this mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Delaflor Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I would bet that, no matter where you are, any technician that can restore tvs or audio equipment will help you. The worst that can happen is that he will need something that is not available in there and you will have to import the piece of hardware, but that's unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iXtreme Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 How did you manage to plug the 120V plug end of the Klipsch into your 240V outlet? Isn't that like trying to bash the square peg into the round hole? I KNOW they are not the same plug/outlet so you would have HAD to jam it in somehow. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmicanomaly Posted January 12, 2004 Author Share Posted January 12, 2004 Hehehee no actually I managed to curb my enthusiasm for just enough time so as to find a converter to allow access of the plug into the power-point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iXtreme Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Sorry to hear about your slight error in judgement. It is laughable though. Trying hard not to laugh here. Oh well, we all have our blunders. I remeber trying really hard to get a peice of 1/2" thick drywall between the framing and window frame itself during the finishing of my basement. I used a wood block and a really big hammer and eventually got the drywall into the slightly undersized slot. It was hard work however but seeing as the window frame was PVC it gave a little during the install. My reward, seeing as I JAMMED this peice of drywall into a "too small slot" the window would no longer operate, ie: open up. Now that was a bit*h trying to get it back out of there! Almost broke the window trying! Should have used a bigger hammer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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