Why do my speakers buzz?

Question

When I conect my speakers to my ipod or my cd player directly they r fine...but when I connect to my computer even if no sound is playing they make a faint buzzing noise.what do i do?

Answer 1

because they cant humm the tune right....they r picking up the interferance from the pc voltage that is running throught the system it doesnt take much power to listen to the litle stand alone speakers on your ipod ..but the pc is putting out more power than the iposd so it picks up the static rom the comp.parts

Answer 2

Interference or a grounding problem. These particular speakers maybe more sensitive to these issues than others.

Probably a grounding issue, the dreaded 60Hz buzz grounding or it could buzz at the refresh rate of your monitor, interference. The majority of sound cards are very low quality. If you have tried different speakers and the buzz is still there then it probably is a grounding issue. Probably no easy way to fix it.

If it's interference then it should change when the cables or speakers are moved.

Answer 3

First off, don't waste your $$ on expensive wires, especially for simple PC speakers. Spending money on Gold plated speaker wires is like spending a ton of dough for an MP3 player with the name "Ipod" on it. It's senseless. Selling gold plated speaker wires is a marketing gig. It allows them to raise the cost, increase margins, and make more $$.
Sound Engineers will tell you it's BS.

And don't bother changing the phase.

You most likely have an interference problem. Move the speakers (and wires) away from other electical devices, wireless mouse, monitor, printer, router, cell phone, etc.
Some cell phones (Blackberry's especially) can cause intermittant noise problems like this.

Your ipud does not have alot of power to drive speakers, it is designed to drive earbuds. And your PC sound output likely has a much wider dynamic range of frequencies. This is likely why you do not hear the "noise" when connected to the ipud. It's possible that adjusting the Equalizer settings may help but then you will adversely affect overall sound quality.

Higher quality speakers will likely not exibit this problem.

Answer 4

The cheapest way to find out is to buy a new cord that you're connecting the devices with. Get a higher quality cord i.e. one that has gold plated plugs on the end.
You can also try turning the volume up on the ipod/cd player and turning the master volume down on your computer. If your computer has an equalizer, you can adjust the mid range and treble to practically eliminate the buzzing sound.
Also, check to see if any cords are laying on the computer's power cord. Power cords can also interfere with the transmission of sound.
Hope this helps and have a great day!!!

Answer 5

There might be a loose connection. You TV might be interferring. You might have an appliance disturbing the AC power. Try the troubleshooting guide if you have an owner's manual for the components in your audio system.

Answer 6

Maybe they are picking up electronic noise from the way you installed them next to other wires, try turning off everything else.

Maybe your speakers are polarity phase-sensitive, reverse the wires.
If your speakers have their own volume adjusts, turn them down and compensate with the volume out of the players.

Answer 7

Either they are not plugged in all of the way or your speakers may not be compatable with your computer. I would test a different set of speakers and see what happens.

Answer 8

You connected the wiring wrong, speakers don't buzz when connected correctly

Answer 9

They got a fly stuck in one of them?

Answer 10

they are broken.
or
try turning the volume on your ipod up or down.