Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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So I was moving wires around behind me computer, and when I hooked everything up, my M-Audio monitors suddenly have a hum that wasn't there before. I tried swapping out all the speaker cables, and I tried plugging in the power in a different outlet that I know is on a different circuit, to no avail. I also can't turn on or off the speakers without getting a loud pop.
I'm at a loss as to what else to try. I have a suspicion that the expensive speakers I bought are now ruined.
I swear WMM always has some backwards bug.
That's not a bug. .mov is QuickTime's format, not one of the WMM supported ones.
Tom, try unplugging your USB audio interface and/or powering down your computer (not just restarting). I dunno if it's some sound buzz buffer, but I know every once in awhile my cheap-o M-audio USB interface will do that if I jiggle the cables just wrong.
They're not USB speakers. And I get the hum even when they're not plugged into my computer.
damn. Was hoping they were plugged into a USB interface.
Hmmmm, I suspect you've got the smaller version of my M-Audio BX-8's. How loud is the buzz?
could the audio feeds to the speakers be run with some power or data lines that are inducting into the speaker audio?
When I plug the speaker cables into the right speaker (the one without the power), its cone pushes all the way back, and it gives off a soft hum. The left speaker sounds fine.
Switch the speaker cable to the other speaker and see if the problem moves with the cable. If we are lucky it's just a bad cable.
No, I tried a couple of speaker cables. And there's only one cable between the two speakers, the other speaker has a power supply and amplifier built in.