KSW10 is dying

[SakoEBS]

When I first bought the KSW10 it was worked great. The bass wasn't amazing, but it was enough to shake the room. However, over the past two years it has been slowly dying. To the point where I can barely hear any bass when the volume is at half. I don't use it to often, nor did/do I ever crank it. To be honest with you. I am a little upset. I didn't expect to spend this kind of money on a subwoofer, only to have to fade out in a little over 2 years. Also I tried calling Klipsch, but they told me to go through Best Buy (retailer I bought the sub at) and have them fix it. Which also did not impress me at all. The only thing I have personally tried is changing the fuse, but that didn't do anything. It has been over two years and my warrenty is up []. I'm wondering if there is anything that I can do to fix it? Besides sending it out for repairs through Best Buy.

Thanks

[Scp53]

seams to me that its definitley the amp. imo, i wouldnt spend to much

money on it. maybe you should buy a amp from partsexpress.com and

replace the ksw's amp. the problem would come in if that ksw amp is

internally eq'd or boosted some where. but then again, some think the

ksw subs are a little boomy anyways so maybe the a different amp would

help flatten it out? i dunno. the other problem would be getting the

amp to fit the box. you could just by a amp and run the wires up

through the port and to the driver. cosmetically it wouldnt be great

but sound wise it would be fine. i have personally done it with my subs

for testing sake.

the advantage to doing it this way is you could build a diy subwoofer

later with the same amp or something. the amps i would look at are

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=300-804

this is a 240watt amp that has a nice x over(24db) and has soft

clipping. it is the best of these 3 amps. i have seen a TON of people

buy these on the pe forums and have seen no problems.

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=300-750

this is a very new amp that pe started handeling. i dont know much

about it in terms of reliability. has soft clipping and small size

though.

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=300-794

this is a very similar amp to the 240 above except that its 250watts,

has a less sharp x over, and has NO soft clipping. imo, its a fine amp

but the 240 is much better being its cheaper, has a soft clipping and a

sharper x over.

hope this helps. the real big reason id buy a seperate amp is because i

repair would probably run near what a new amp would costs. thats just a

guess. and what if u repair it and it takes a crap again? i have 2 pe

amps(a 250 as already stated and a 500) and both are excellent. no

probs ever. i ve had the 250 for over a year and beat the shit(its

gotten VERY hot at times. burns you hand. ) out of it and it still

works very well. and u also can diy later if u choose. k, nuff of my

repetative talking and nonsense. sorry for the long post. hope

this helps.

scp53