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It it hard to know exactly what the problem is without a more detailed description of what you did to measure the voltage. However, here are a few suggestions: Make sure the DMM is on AC volts and is connected securely to the speaker outputs. check that the frequency used to test is not cut (with an...

what i dont get is that, supposedly, CD quality is 128. so if u rip a CD to ur computer at 320 kps, its generating more quality than it is, right? what they mean by "CD quality" is that most people probably won't notice the difference on their lousy systems, so it doesn't really matter. M...

okay, setting the gains with a DMM is really quite a simple proceadure (once you know how to do it). The only supplies necessary are a DMM that measures AC voltage (I would guess that all of them do), and a test tone recorded at 0db (very important that it not be -10db, or whatever). One caution abo...

yes, definately. (okay, it may not be noticed when driving at 70 mph on a noisy road) having more kps (1000 bits per second) gives more information, allowing a more accurate reproduction of the original sound. I remember first encountering this when I was listening to a song I liked encoded at 128k....

yeah, try to get your money back. If that fails, fixing it could be rather difficult. There is probably not that much wrong with it, but it can be hard to find what is wrong, even with lots of fancy test equipment, and it could be nearly impossible without it. If you don't have much experience worki...