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09-01-2008, 06:56 PM
|  | FIGHT! | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Boston, MA
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 : 64 th | | | Stereo Buzz / Fuzzy
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 =\
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09-01-2008, 06:58 PM
|  | sR Resident Gun Nut | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: College Station, TX
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| | | it's gonna sound stupid but try foil around the wires.
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09-01-2008, 07:06 PM
|  | Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The arctic North Coast
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| | | Your outlet is likely ungrounded and you're getting RF interference.
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09-01-2008, 07:16 PM
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: 64 th | | | so do i hire somone to stand here and hold the wires?
i guess i can sport some lemonade or somthing.
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09-01-2008, 07:21 PM
| | Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The arctic North Coast
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| | | 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.
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09-01-2008, 08:33 PM
|  | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
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: 78 th | | | you can also buy a monster cable power scrubbing power strip. It won't totally solve yue problem, but it will help. |
09-01-2008, 08:49 PM
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: 64 th | | | 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
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09-01-2008, 09:47 PM
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: 78 th | | | 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 |
09-01-2008, 10:08 PM
| | Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The arctic North Coast
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| | | 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.
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09-02-2008, 01:25 AM
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: 64 th | | | craig, my outlets do have 3 slots, but the plug from my stero is only two.
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