Thanks for your help. I took the speaker back to the shop, apparenly it was a crossover issue. All sorted :D

Just re-wired and i'm pretty sure the plates are in place :/ What are the chances that the woofer itself could be faulty?

I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but this issue is killing me. Since it's christmas thought i would treat myself to some wharfdale 10.1's and a cambridge azur 350A amp. (student budget) Anyway the issue is afer wiring up for some reason the woofer in the left speaker isn't working at...

Hello Headfi   I was hoping you wise people could from experience tell me the best way of hooking up my external usb soundcard to my speaker amp.   Much love and gratitude

Thanks for answering my first question and giving me some options. Can anyone shed any light on if I'll need any amplification?

So I've finnaly decided to improve my listening (which i do rather a lot) from my old set-up which was on-board sound and some sennheiser pc161 headset. From lurking around in the depths, I think I'm right in thinking i should completely bypass a new sound card and go straight to a USB DAC...