My father died last year and one of the things we found in the piles of stuff he refused to throw away is a no-name sound system. The only information on it is "MODEL: DHT-600" and "5.1 Home Theater System". I can't find anything about this model. The speakers have nothing at all on them. I finally got around to testing it, and surprisingly it works. But the subwoofer was not to be found anywhere, and with no information I have no idea what size/power sub I would need to match it. Have to figure out where to get one cheap as well. I don't expect it's a super powerful system but almost certainly far more than I need for my desk and PC, and I could get an entire set of speakers that works fine for my computer for the price of just a big sub.
If I were to disassemble the unit, is it possible that components inside would provide what I need to get a matching sub? Or if I get information by disassembling the speakers could I make an assumption about what sub would go with it?
The one problem I had was plugging it into the cheap sound card I have, because all the rear channel audio just went to the front speakers, and the center and sub audio went to the left front speaker. The card is 5.1 capable but it's an ancient Cmedia chipset that barely works in Windows 10, so even though it allowed me to specify that it's a 5.1 speaker set, there's a good chance the drivers aren't actually working for 5.1 functionality. I may re-enable the on-board mainboard audio chip to try it there, but that chipset has never worked properly either. At random after a reboot, the left channel in stereo will just not work. But if I swap drivers to the Microsoft driver, then back to the Realtek driver, I'll get audio for the left channel, but it actually plays on the right speaker. And the right speaker always works. I had the mainboard for a couple of years before I discovered this issue and absolutely nothing I did fixed it, and I even destroyed a nice set of speakers thinking it was the speakers that were faulty.
Even if this set is too much for my small room and PC, as long as it works and we can get a sub, my brother-in-law will probably want it. It is annoying that the amp has a fan, though.
If I were to disassemble the unit, is it possible that components inside would provide what I need to get a matching sub? Or if I get information by disassembling the speakers could I make an assumption about what sub would go with it?
The one problem I had was plugging it into the cheap sound card I have, because all the rear channel audio just went to the front speakers, and the center and sub audio went to the left front speaker. The card is 5.1 capable but it's an ancient Cmedia chipset that barely works in Windows 10, so even though it allowed me to specify that it's a 5.1 speaker set, there's a good chance the drivers aren't actually working for 5.1 functionality. I may re-enable the on-board mainboard audio chip to try it there, but that chipset has never worked properly either. At random after a reboot, the left channel in stereo will just not work. But if I swap drivers to the Microsoft driver, then back to the Realtek driver, I'll get audio for the left channel, but it actually plays on the right speaker. And the right speaker always works. I had the mainboard for a couple of years before I discovered this issue and absolutely nothing I did fixed it, and I even destroyed a nice set of speakers thinking it was the speakers that were faulty.
Even if this set is too much for my small room and PC, as long as it works and we can get a sub, my brother-in-law will probably want it. It is annoying that the amp has a fan, though.
