(possibly OT) - HK Soundsticks speaker puzzle/problem
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From: seneca196 via HWKB.com on 27 Jun 2008 11:22 firstly, apologies if I've posted in the wrong place. I've been given a pair of soundsticks by a friend, but without the sub woofer. Is there any way I can get sound out of these. Must mention - I'm not technically minded, so having a bit of difficulty. 1) one stick has a normal rca jack, but I don't know what the other stick (left with vol controls) has. It looks a bit like a mouse connection, but with 4 pins and the flat plastic bit. What's the name of this connection? 2) how can I connect these to my soundblaster? (3.5mm jack - I think.) 3) Is it possible to connect them to a sub-woofer? (friends one stopped working, hence he gave the sticks to me) 4) Is there a sub that would be compatible? The soundsticks sub is difficult to get hold of on it's own. They sometimes come up on ebay, but they are the USB v1 subs with totally different connections. Would the K395 sub work, with a bit of modifying? the specs are pretty similar, but the connectors aren't : ( Any help would be greatly appreciated. Add A Comment -- Message posted via HWKB.com http://www.hwkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/pc-dell/200806/1
From: S.Lewis on 27 Jun 2008 15:14 "seneca196 via HWKB.com" <u44506(a)uwe> wrote in message news:864e3cd0e4ccb(a)uwe... > firstly, apologies if I've posted in the wrong place. > I've been given a pair of soundsticks by a friend, but without the sub > woofer. > Is there any way I can get sound out of these. Must mention - I'm not > technically minded, so having a bit of difficulty. > 1) one stick has a normal rca jack, but I don't know what the other stick > (left with vol controls) has. It looks a bit like a mouse connection, but > with 4 pins and the flat plastic bit. What's the name of this connection? > 2) how can I connect these to my soundblaster? (3.5mm > jack - I think.) > 3) Is it possible to connect them to a sub-woofer? (friends one stopped > working, hence he gave the sticks to me) > 4) Is there a sub that would be compatible? The soundsticks sub is > difficult > to get hold of on it's own. They sometimes come up on ebay, but they are > the > USB v1 subs with totally different connections. Would the K395 sub work, > with > a bit of modifying? the specs are pretty similar, but the connectors > aren't : > ( > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Add A Comment > > -- > Message posted via HWKB.com > http://www.hwkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/pc-dell/200806/1 > Can you locate a photo of the HK soundsticks/satellites that you have? It might help to identify what model they actually are. I know that with the HK595's I have, it would appear that one must have the (matching) subwoofer to make them operable, as the connections for both satellites are very much as you describe. Photo of the HK595's: http://tinyurl.com/5qpjd4 Stew
From: journey on 27 Jun 2008 20:02 On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:14:45 -0500, "S.Lewis" <Gossamer(a)interesting.com> wrote: >"seneca196 via HWKB.com" <u44506(a)uwe> wrote in message >news:864e3cd0e4ccb(a)uwe... >> firstly, apologies if I've posted in the wrong place. >> I've been given a pair of soundsticks by a friend, but without the sub >> woofer. >> Is there any way I can get sound out of these. Must mention - I'm not >> technically minded, so having a bit of difficulty. >> 1) one stick has a normal rca jack, but I don't know what the other stick >> (left with vol controls) has. It looks a bit like a mouse connection, but >> with 4 pins and the flat plastic bit. What's the name of this connection? >> 2) how can I connect these to my soundblaster? (3.5mm >> jack - I think.) >> 3) Is it possible to connect them to a sub-woofer? (friends one stopped >> working, hence he gave the sticks to me) >> 4) Is there a sub that would be compatible? The soundsticks sub is >> difficult >> to get hold of on it's own. They sometimes come up on ebay, but they are >> the >> USB v1 subs with totally different connections. Would the K395 sub work, >> with >> a bit of modifying? the specs are pretty similar, but the connectors >> aren't : >> ( >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> Add A Comment >> >> -- >> Message posted via HWKB.com >> http://www.hwkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/pc-dell/200806/1 >> > > >Can you locate a photo of the HK soundsticks/satellites that you have? It >might help to identify what model they actually are. > >I know that with the HK595's I have, it would appear that one must have the >(matching) subwoofer to make them operable, as the connections for both >satellites are very much as you describe. > >Photo of the HK595's: >http://tinyurl.com/5qpjd4 > > >Stew I have the Soundstick II's, photo at: http://www.eggnoodlesoup.com/harman/html/hsticks_overview.html with the same kind of jack you describe and like Stew I would think you would need the matching subwoofer. It looks like a proprietary connection.
From: seneca196 via HWKB.com on 28 Jun 2008 08:53 I've come across some karman kardon K395 speakers, which have a similar setup and the technical specs are similar: both 2.1, both subs power the sats, both have vol control on sats. differences: soundsticks - sub 20w sat 10w per channel, total power 65w max. k395 - sub 18w sat 6w per channel , total power 30w (don't know the frequency range comparsion) Another big difference is the connection on the volume sat (sticks has 4 pin, 395 has 9 pin) I was wondering if I got the k395 set (£5 at computer market) and kept the sub and it's wiring, but chopped off the sat and tried rewiring with my new soundsticks, would that work? I may not get maximum performance, but hey, I'm only using them for basic sound (+ they'll look cool and work!....hopefully) journey wrote: >>> firstly, apologies if I've posted in the wrong place. >>> I've been given a pair of soundsticks by a friend, but without the sub >[quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >>Stew > >I have the Soundstick II's, photo at: >http://www.eggnoodlesoup.com/harman/html/hsticks_overview.html > >with the same kind of jack you describe and like Stew I would think >you would need the matching subwoofer. It looks like a proprietary >connection. -- Message posted via http://www.hwkb.com
From: journey on 28 Jun 2008 09:56
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:53:06 GMT, "seneca196 via HWKB.com" <u44506(a)uwe> wrote: >I've come across some karman kardon K395 speakers, which have a similar setup >and the technical specs are similar: >both 2.1, both subs power the sats, both have vol control on sats. >differences: >soundsticks - sub 20w sat 10w per channel, total power 65w max. >k395 - sub 18w sat 6w per channel , total power 30w >(don't know the frequency range comparsion) >Another big difference is the connection on the volume sat (sticks has 4 pin, >395 has 9 pin) > >I was wondering if I got the k395 set (�5 at computer market) and kept the >sub and it's wiring, but chopped off the sat and tried rewiring with my new >soundsticks, would that work? I may not get maximum performance, but hey, I'm >only using them for basic sound (+ they'll look cool and work!....hopefully) If it were me and I planned on doing that, I'd be prepared for it to not work, but getting in there and playing with things is how one can get on the fast track to learning, so what the hey, go for it as long as you're OK with losing whatever $ you put into it (sorry, don't know how to type a euro on my keyboard!). If you do it I'd be interested in knowing how it went. |