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Anyone good with speaker repair?
hnugz:
I have a set of the klipsch 5.1 surround speakers for my pc that are now 4-5 years old. These things have been great, however about a week ago I started getting a hissing noise from them. The hissing comes from all speakers and is a constant volume. Windows volume and manual speaker volume does not change anything. I tried unplugged all the wires from the pc and the hissing continues. I wrote to klipsch and they said it sounds like an amp problem but they want to charge me $90. Is this a reasonable price? Any way I could do this myself?
ChadTower:
It does sound like an amp problem. If the sound continues with no source signal, and it comes identically through all speakers, it is coming from the common source. That would be the amp.
$90 may be reasonable considering what it may include.
It could be fixable yourself depending on your skills.
USSEnterprise:
Depends. How much were they new and how much can you get a similar set for new nowadays?
whammoed:
VERY common problem with the 5.1 This is why I went with the 2.1 set for my pc. Haven't come across anyone fixing this themselves in the research on these, so it may indeed be reasonable. There is another 5.1 version out but they apparently have not made them any more reliable. Everything else Klipsch seems to be good though.
hnugz:
new they were like $300 i think when i first bought them. oh well, i think i might either just deal with the noise or see if there are any local shops are here for that. its a shame because they sounded great.