Stereo Buzz / Fuzzy

[jdeegz]

Heyo, so, i moved to a new apartment this past weekend, yippee.

My stereo speakers are connected to the main stereo ... box(?) with two really thing wires, looks like it could be a copper wire with a rubber wrap around it.

So all together there are four of these mini wires that split into black and red, and are then clipped into the stereo box. Then i have a Left/Right to 1/16th cable that runs from the box to my tower. I run the stereo on Aux to get the sounds from my PC to my speakers, everything works great.

But for some ungodly reason, there is an unbearable fuzz / extra pick up that im getting on the speakers. I dunno if its a radio station or what but it seems to always be playing the beastie boy / green day / some other old 90s bands.

When I hold the two wires in my hands the fuzz is dramatically reduced, but resumes immediatly when i let go of them.

any home remedies that you may know about?

Thanks ahead of time

-Jim

P.S. yeah, basically all of my threads are me having a problem with my computer... still havn't figured out the whole GPU thing yet either =\

[Bojingles]

it's gonna sound stupid but try foil around the wires.

[DennyCrane]

Your outlet is likely ungrounded and you're getting RF interference.

[jdeegz]

so do i hire somone to stand here and hold the wires?
i guess i can sport some lemonade or somthing.

[DennyCrane]

Try another outlet maybe... is the stereo plug 2 or 3 prong? If it's 2, unplug it, turn the other way and plug back in and see if that makes a difference.

[Craig]

you can also buy a monster cable power scrubbing power strip. It won't totally solve yue problem, but it will help.

[jdeegz]

plug is 2 prong, plugged into a power strip which uses a 3 prong

i cannot reverse it becuase one prong is wider than the other.

plugged it directly into the wall in two different outlets.
nada

ima try some foil soon

[Craig]

thats the problem...the third prong is a ground. if you don't have that in your pad, its an old building. you might be hosed

[DennyCrane]

Radio shack might have an RF line filter... but double check all your connections. Check to be sure none of your speakers are out of phase, too... + and - correct on each. Make sure every connector is fully seated.

[jdeegz]

craig, my outlets do have 3 slots, but the plug from my stero is only two.