Ok, I've tried asking this question a few different ways on another forum with no responses what-so-ever, so figured I'd try a different forum.
Anyway, I've got an old Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 system that has been used and abused for about 10 years (it saw an average use of 12-hours a day, every day for about 10 years). Long story short, the amp for the subwoofer is dead/dying and needs to be replaced. I had it "repaired" once, but the repair only lasted about 2 months before it started acting up again (it works when it wants to, let's put it that way).
As a more permanent solution, I decided to pick up a Yamaha RX-475 AV receiver to run the satellites (based on some advice regarding the satellites only), but this still leaves the subwoofer inoperable (well, depending whether it feels like working or not, that is) until I replace the amp. Since I'm a bit of an audio-tech newbie, but still appreciate good sound, I figured I'd ask around and see what people would suggest for replacements for the subwoofer amp.
The speakers (it's a dual side-throw subwoofer) and cabinet are in good condition, for having been used as a foot-rest for 10 years (I know... some of you are like
), so I can't bring myself to just throw them away and get a whole new subwoofer; even if it is slightly cheaper, and I already know these sound good to my ears! As such, I'm looking for recommendations from anyone with even moderate experience with pairing amps to speakers. While I would prefer a plate amp, I also wouldn't mind some kind of external amp that I can run it with where I could rig up my own back-plate for it. I only need the amp to run the subwoofer via an LFE input from my Yamaha receiver as the satellites are now run directly from the Yamaha receiver.
Anyway, any help anyone can provide would be much appreciated! I don't want to throw away perfectly good speakers just because I don't have an amp that can power them!
If you need any info about the speakers, let me know what you need and I'll see if I can find it or (if applicable) get a picture of it.
Thanks in advance for any help!
DGolberg
Edit: I hope I put this in the right sub-forum... it was either here or under Receivers, Amps, and Processors or Subwoofers, Bass, and Transducers .
Ok, I've tried asking this question a few different ways on another forum with no responses what-so-ever, so figured I'd try a different forum.
Anyway, I've got an old Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 system that has been used and abused for about 10 years (it saw an average use of 12-hours a day, every day for about 10 years). Long story short, the amp for the subwoofer is dead/dying and needs to be replaced. I had it "repaired" once, but the repair only lasted about 2 months before it started acting up again (it works when it wants to, let's put it that way).
As a more permanent solution, I decided to pick up a Yamaha RX-475 AV receiver to run the satellites (based on some advice regarding the satellites only), but this still leaves the subwoofer inoperable (well, depending whether it feels like working or not, that is) until I replace the amp. Since I'm a bit of an audio-tech newbie, but still appreciate good sound, I figured I'd ask around and see what people would suggest for replacements for the subwoofer amp.
The speakers (it's a dual side-throw subwoofer) and cabinet are in good condition, for having been used as a foot-rest for 10 years (I know... some of you are like

Anyway, any help anyone can provide would be much appreciated! I don't want to throw away perfectly good speakers just because I don't have an amp that can power them!
If you need any info about the speakers, let me know what you need and I'll see if I can find it or (if applicable) get a picture of it.
Thanks in advance for any help!
DGolberg
Edit: I hope I put this in the right sub-forum... it was either here or under Receivers, Amps, and Processors or Subwoofers, Bass, and Transducers .