Logitech z-2300 problem

[imported_Matts]

I've gone through two of these in the last day and half. The right speaker is always louder than the left. Much louder! And there is an annoying static crackle that is almost always there. I've never hooked up speakers to my current pc. However, my old pc was set up in this same room and the cheap $20 speakers it came with always worked fine. I don't know what to make of this. I hooked it up initially to my Audigy 2 zs card. Then to my mobo's onboard sound. Same results both ways. Is it possible these particular speakers receive interference from my pc somehow? Cuz the odds of getting two identically defective speakers are pretty low I think.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

What happens when you hook them up to a portable cd player or mp3 player or something?

 

[imported_Matts]

well,I hooked the first one I bought up to my playstation 2 and sound out of the right speaker was coming out at maximum volume despite the fact I set the volume down to the min. I've yet to try hooking anything up to the second one I exchanged it for. I have a desktop stereo. I'm gonna see what happens with that.

 

[imported_Matts]

Ok, the static is constantly there. But I now noticed that there is a sound coming out of my speakers every two seconds. It coincides with the hard drive light blinking on the front of my pc case! what the hell?

 

[DragonClaw]

Somethings not shielded properly and other components are causing interference. ?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Ok, I'm going to say something that you've probably already tried or this isn't even something you can do...

I looked at pics on newegg, is that smaller knob for the left and right balance? It isn't by any change all the way to the right side or anything?

 

[imported_Matts]

the smaller knob is the bass control

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Matts
the smaller knob is the bass control

Ok, cool

 

[imported_Matts]

i bought new speakers and they work fine. creative i-trigue 3300. they cost half as much and are half the size. sound is pretty good and sufficient. I realize now that I was probably spending too much on speakers. I just assumed since I spent $90 on a sound card I should spend even more on speakers. These speakers have no static or crackles at all. The logitech's just didn't like my pc for some reason. Wierd.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Too much on speakers? never.

I'd have to say your audigy 2 zs is about the level you'd want if you're going to spend around $300 or $400 on speakers. Spending more on your speakers is going to give you better quality generally than spending more on your soundcard.

I haven't heard the i-trigues, but have read some positive reviews on them

Too bad the logitechs were so much trouble. Maybe logitech made a bad batch or something.