[ale] OT: bad sound card or bad speakers?

[Charles Shapiro]

Hmm. This can also be driver troubles.  I have a brand-new Creative SB
Audigy 2 which sounds terrible, as if it's overdriving the speakers no
matter how I fiddle with the mixer. I suspect that it's a software problem.
You might also make sure you have your speakers plugged into the correct
jack.

You could try what's coming out of your headphone jack with a pair of
phones. That'd give you an additional data point.

I'd also spend some Quality Time with my mixer settings, as they can often
be a source of sound troubles.

-- CHS

On 3/17/08, Thompson Freeman <tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:
>
> On 03/16/2008 07:44:44 AM, Jim Philips wrote:
> > Whenever I turn the sound up on my computer these days, I get some
> > very
> > annoying static. I'm all prepared to replace some hardware. But which
> > is the
> > bad component? My sound card or my speakers? Since I don't have a
> > spare of
> > either, how can I test?
>
>
> I don't have an answer for you, but I want you to know that I respect
> the problem!
>
> Just a totally random thought, but have you twisted/replugged the plug
> between the sound card and speakers?
>
> After that, I suspect that you will need to borrow a sound source
> compatible with your speakers to test them.
>
> Sorry to not be any real help here.
>
>
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