Comp speakers pickin up radio station!

[MEMex]

Ok, this is just gettin on my nerves...1 1/2 years is enough of this crap, the station keeps coming in louder and louder and it driving me nuts! I tried everything i could think of to correct it and nothing works! Its already to the point where i can understand commercials and the radio station itself on my pc speakers, these aren't some $9 speakers, its a 3 peice set (sub) valued at $135.

Does anyone have a solution for this rediculus problem or has my sanity left me?

 

[RedDeathDrinker]

What's happening is that your speaker cables are acting like an aerial, picking up the signal from your local radio station. You can do a few things.

#1 - shield the cables.

#2 - alter the cable length (this works on radio theory)

#3 - try another type/set of speakers

I used to be able to pick up our local council's CB transmissions on my personal CD player when I was out on my bike......it got really annoying, so I changed headphones, and the problem went away

 

[MEMex]

Thankx for the tips...

I'll try these out and see what happens

 

[Tecumseh]

I assume you are picking up an AM station, true? Somewhere
there must be a demodulator to convert the signal back to
the normal audio. This could be a simple diode. OR the demodulated
signal is coupling into your audio amp.

Give us more details. We can figure something out.

 

[Ugmore Baggage]

I hear it from my PC speakers when I turn the TV (across the room) on/off. I don't care enough to fix it but it started when I consilidated all my transformers, hubs, powerstrips, and UPS onto one "manageable" shelf.

 

[RoadWarrior]

Try wrapping the wires around a ferrite cores as close to the speakers as possible.

It may not be your speakers though, try muting all the inputs to your soundcard.

Road Warrior

 

[residentevil2]

yeai noticed this also wierd ehh?