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| Thread ID: 90371 | 2008-06-01 01:15:00 | Why do speakers hum static? | beetle (243) | PC World Chat |
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| 674411 | 2008-06-01 22:51:00 | Surely someone knows the technical answer for this. If the hum is coming through the speakers, it's likely a bad/missing/loose ground connection on the signal input, or something wrong with the amplifier itself - or picking up interference from somewhere Otherwise, inductors, transformers, coils etc can all make audible sounds if they are loose enough and the frequency going through them is in the human hearing range.. That is why I can hear my speakers' power transformer buzz sometimes - as it is running at mains voltage frequency (50hz) You can get a good article on how this works here: www.psaudio.com I can't be bothered writing it myself, plus I might get it wrong :o In this case, if knocking them off the table and replugging them fixed the problem, then it was very likely a loose connection somewhere.. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 674412 | 2008-06-02 00:25:00 | If the (Pale green?) plug to the speakers from the back of the PC is not fully inserted, sometimes it will give this effect. (It is fairly cheap and easy to try this at home.) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 674413 | 2008-06-02 08:54:00 | Why do speakers hum static? Because they are speakers, but if they were dancers they could hum mobile. :groan: |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 674414 | 2008-06-02 11:45:00 | magic | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 674415 | 2008-06-02 14:52:00 | <removed for the usual reasons..by ME!, not a mod this time> | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 674416 | 2008-06-03 11:32:00 | The question is, is the humming coming from the speakers.... or is it from the mind?? :P | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 674417 | 2008-06-04 13:31:00 | if its a smooth sounding hum, it is most probably mains or 2x mains frequency either inducing in the amp chokes/filters etc, or as other people have said, a loose or noisy mains transformer (vibrating transformer coils) if however it sounds sharp edged (similar to when you touch a signal input and get a prrrarp prrrarp sound from the speaker) i would suspect a dry joint, loose connection on the signal input line ground somewhere or a plug not fully in your computer might have poor noise filtering on its sound card (on my old laptop you can hear interference from the hard disk and IRDA ports etc) |
williamF (115) | ||
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