Preston Crawford spake the following on 5/1/2007 1:14 PM: >> Preston Crawford wrote: >>> Has anyone experienced this before? This happened to me even under >>> CentOS >>> 4.x. But basically what happens is that when I play MP3s, whatever the >>> right speaker crackles at higher volume. And it's always that speaker >>> and >>> only that speaker. If I turn the balance to the other speaker I have no >>> problems. So it feels like it might be a mixer issue. I use Alsa, of >>> course, as that's what the default is. Is this a known issue or does >>> someone know how to fix it? >>> >> plug some small headphones into the line out jack of the sound card >> (large phones require too much juice), and see if you hear the crackling >> over these under the same settings. if you DONT, its not the system or >> the hardware, its your speakers. if you DO, you can continue to look >> into sound card issues. > > I'll try that, but why would 3 pairs of new speakers not be able to > function on the exact same side? I'm not sure I understand the technical > reason why all 3 speaker sets (different brands) would be malfunctioning > on the same side. > > Preston It could be as simple as a bad/dirty jack on the output. That would explain why all the speakers are noisy on the same side. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!