Speaker problem

JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Hey the other day I bought a 5.1 sound card and some 5.1 Philips speakers, not cheap may I add, however whenever the sound is up vaguely loud, I get this awful hissing like there is a dodgy connection with electrics, any ideas as to how to stop this?

Jon.
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veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

Check your connectors for dust
Make sure drivers are properly installed
Make sure wires are away from electrical interference
Upgrade speaker wire

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Yep, symptom of a poor connection. On good quality speakers this can even mean using cheap speaker cable.

I was getting some hiss from high-frequency guitar on my hi-fi system the other day and it was down to me having bi-wired them using a bit of cheap speaker cable I had lying about. Put them back to single-wiring with the good quality flat copper cable I bought at the hi-fi shop and it went away.

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feef · Energiser Bunny Joined: 11 Feb 2002 Karma :

are they the Philips MMS 460? black and sort of hexagonal in shape? about £60/£70?

if they are, mine did that for the full 13 months I had them till they went "pop" (literally) and I replaced them with some JBL EXcite ones

if you can.. take them back and get some good ones.

the JBL were on https://www.Overclockers.co.uk in their clearance section and are AWESOME!

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daz|n00by · The Internet Joined: 11 May 2004 Karma :

May i also suggest you check your advanced sounds settings in control panel?
sometimes things like having mic enabled can cause hissing .
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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Made a temp solution, turned the wave and SW synth down and they dont hiss now.
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daz|n00by · The Internet Joined: 11 May 2004 Karma :

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owdamer · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Karma :

I'd suggest you take the philips speakers back & get your money back, make an excuse or something. If they're not already faulty then Its only a matter of time before they are. The firm I work for are the main philips repairer for the uk and we got so much stuff you would not believe. We also sell on the refurbished stuff at discounted prices.