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Hello, The following happened: 1. I was watching a movie. I decided I wanted to listen to the movie via my headset. I plugged in my 'Sennhesier HD 590' headphone/set while the movie was playing. (The movie was probably playing some flies sound at the time 'bzzz'). The audio control pod/red led starts going on/off/on/off/on/off/on and then off. (It seemed to have died) I have seen this behaviour before when I plugged in the headset.

The gigaworks/pod would go to standby, this time however it seemed to 'flip/freak out' (on/off/on/off/on/off) and die. I tried turning it on again. But no luck it seemed to have died. Here are my thoughts on it and suggestions for future improvements: 1. First of all the design is bad.

The headset/headphone should simply be always plugged in to prevent any eletrical damage. Return Of The Durruti Column Rarity here. I should be able to select the mode while everything is plugged in.

(Speakerset vs headphone). Second of all the manual does not warn for this situation.

No where does it say that I should not plug in the headphone/headset while the device is on and something is playing. Warranty seems to be only 2 years which could indicate bad quality. (It does give nice sound though) 4.

The price has seemed to go up (at least on the website where I purchased it 3 years ago?!?) 5. I am not sure what caused the damage. I could either be: 5.1 Bad design. The device can't handle a suddenly plug in of the headphone/headset while something is playing.

5.2 Static discharge from the headphone/headset which is always lieing on my wooden table. Also there are only two pins in my wall sockets (I guess they are old wall sockets.

So they don't have a safety pin). (I am not sure if a safety pin would have helped in this case.) Fortunately I was able to listen/view the movie by plugging my headphone/set into the back of the pc. So that part is still working (x-fi elite pro soundblaster), but this does raise doubts. What if it was static discharge from headphone/set then I could damage my pc. So I rather not to do in the future? So now I am left stranded with a titanium/heavy subwoofer and speakersets and out of warranty?!?

(The gigaworks only has 2 years of warranty?!? It says so on their website today. I am not sure if they changed warranty (probably not though?)) I did read the manual just yet to see what it says about all of this. Very little though. It did mention 'servicing'. So maybe it's possible to repair the subwoofer?

(Which seems to be the dead part.) I guess I have little choice but to open it up and see what it's all about. If I do so I will post pictures later on! If you have any experience with (fixing?) dead gigaworks s750 subwoofers I would love to hear from you! Goodbye, Sigh, Skybuck:) Skybuck Flying 22:08. I read some of the postings on that second forum what I learned from this is the following: 1. Many people have seen their subwoofer die.

Somebody mentioned: the glue becomes conductive after some time. Many people investigating how to repair it, and schematics available. Sounds like a real bore trying to make sense of it. Maybe somebody in my neighbourhood understand electronics better. Maybe the local electronics shop or computer shop though I doubt they will be able to fix it. But it's worth a try. Otherwise maybe somebody else.

I am too tired to open it up right now so that will have to wait until tomorrow or so. Bye, Skybuck. Skybuck Flying 00:24. Ok, The symptoms for my gigaworks are: 1. Blinking green led on the back side of the subwoofer (there is indeed a green led back there!;)) (It flickers like a disco light or so. Unregular and like beating or so. (I checked just shortly;))) 2.

The audio/remote pod leds are all dead. Now I have something to go on based on the experiences/postings on that forum!;) 105 pages to go through on that forum! Somebody else also confirmed the glue becomes conductive.

With a meter. Pretty ridicilious that an expensive product like this has these kinds of problems!

Americans are known to be found for lawsuits. Does this smell like a class-action lawsuit to me!

Gje!;) To bad I am European:) Without lawsuits Creative would get away with it. Don't let them get away it is all I hope!;) And ofcourse to hopefully get my thingy working again. (I don't even use the subwoofer that much. No subwoofer would have been fine with me!) Bye, Skybuck. Skybuck Flying 18:13.