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Asus Xonar Essence STX + Klipsch Promedia 2.1 Problems ... need help/suggestions

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9/7/11 at 3:14pm
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Hello all i am new here, and i have an asus essence stx soundcard hooked up to klipsch promedia 2.1's .. and well in 2 months i have blown out 2 subs (i have 2 pairs of the same speakers/sub).  So instead of wanting to replace the subwoofer for the 2.1 i was looking into the klipsch 5.1 subwoofer since it is dual 10's i figured it would be able to handle the kind of music i listen to a little better without blowing out.  Anyway further investigation i realized i couldn't even hook up that system to my soundcard since it's only intended for 2.1 setups and doesn't have the 3 outputs required.  So now im wondering if there is any subwoofer out there that could power my klipsch speakers and work with the soundcard.  Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.. thanks!

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post #2 of 3
9/8/11 at 4:00am

IIRC the Promedias are actually good sounding for the green but peeps have reported these dying @ an ever increasing rate due to either

 

a. fatal design flaw

b. decreasing QC in newer batches

 

If u want quality *and* durability : there are hifi speakers bought in the 70s still playing as we speak so perhaps look into a 2.0 bookshelf + amp if $$ is tight beerchug.gif You could then add on a proper hifi 8-10" subwoofer with high level/line level inputs/outputs down the road


Edited by trog - 9/8/11 at 4:05am
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9/8/11 at 11:11am
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the speakers still work great, its just that the subs blew out recently.. and i don't know if it was related to the new soundcard or what because i used them for about 4 years on my sb live external card with no problem, but once i got this new computer with the essence stx it blew 2 subs within 2-3 months.  so im not really looking for new speakers since i have 4 working ones, i just need some bass to go along with them.. so far i've found nothing that would work with them though except replacing the same sub, which i don't wanna do if it's just gonna blow within a month.

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