Love my 5.1 sound system. Hate the subwoofer. Should I by a standalone subwoofer, or replace the whole system? [more inside]
posted by Gordion Knott on Dec 11, 2007 - 11 answers

I have a passive NHT SW2 subwoofer being driven by an NHT SA-2 amplifier that is supposed to control the volume. Lately, however, the volume for the sub plays at full, irrespective of the actual volume setting on the knob. When it first started, tinkering with the volume control could sometimes get the correct volume, but now it's just at max all the time. [more inside]
posted by Gamblor on Dec 18, 2006 - 2 answers

My mother-in-law plugged in her laptop via a docking station, hit the on switch on the powerstrip, and two disturbing things happened... [more inside]
posted by I, Credulous on Nov 1, 2006 - 6 answers

I love my new 5.1 computer speakers, but my downstairs neighbors don't, which has let to occasionally angry banging coming from downstairs. It's not like I'm blasting sci-fi movies at 2 in the morning, but is there anything I can do with the subwoofer to minimize the impact to them but not emasculate the boom-boominess of my Quake 4 too much. Difficulty: no "turn down your subwoofer". It's already down.
posted by softlord on Apr 10, 2006 - 14 answers

I'm setting up my first home theatre system, and I keep hearing and reading about crossovers, which have me a bit confused... [more inside]
posted by WinnipegDragon on Sep 23, 2005 - 10 answers