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Solve : Speakers keep dying.? |
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Answer» I let Media Player run all NIGHT while I sleep to music using onboard sound port. In the morning my subwoofer was dead; will not power on. Replaced speakers and the same thing happened the next day. Replaced speakers, INSTALLED new sound card, plugged subwoofer into my UPS rather then the wall outlet. Three weeks later I woke up to another dead subwoofer. Buy a surge protector, check your cables and connectors for both the audio equipment and your computer.Yeah, I'd connect the speakers to a surge protector, not a UPS. There's no need to have speakers connected to a UPS, although I don't know that it causes a problem for the speakers. So, look at it as a troubleshooting step. Interesting to know if these are cheap subwoofers that keep dying... I have heard quite a few stories of Wal-Mart type noname subwoofers dying after a few weeks or months, especially if they are required to take a pounding. Whatever brand the speakers are, I would not buy them again. Gotta be junky quality. My $150 Altec Lansing's have been rolling along since 1999. This is my first entry, so welcome to me! Eh, you don't need $150 speakers to get a long-lasting set of speakers. Most speakers costing a fifth as much will LAST for years. He seems to have other hardware or power issues.The speakers were, in order, Sony ($98), Colby ($49), and Phillips ($75). The UPS has a voltage regulator built in and the 2nd and 3rd subwoofers were plugged into a surge protector which was plugged into the UPS. I think this problem is beyond advise on a forum but it is so #&$*#(@ frustrating and expensive.When the speakers were working, were there any audible pops/crackles?No pops or crackles, in FACT they work beautifully right up to the time they die. This happened the first time when the subwoofer was plugged directly into the wall outlet. So it cannot be the surge protector or UPS. |
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