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

[Dr. Brian J. Dowd]

I have the same card with the same problem ...
and it wasn't crackling a until a few weeks ago
when I started loading ivtv drivers /et al/.
"Gotta be a driver." (Ubuntu 7.10)
> 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 
> <mailto: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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