MyrddinE

---------------- On 12/23/2004 4:17:13 PM dodger wrote: Well it's good that you found that some outlets are not properly installed. ---------------- For all I know, it's the old outlet that's bad, and the new ones that are good. In fact, chances are likely... so I'll probably move all my equipment over to the new outlets. But... my uptime... *sob*

---------------- On 12/23/2004 4:05:05 PM MyrddinE wrote: The electrician installed some new power outlets... I wonder if perhaps it was incorrectly done? I'll check that too, though I am not actually USING these new outlets yet, he may have messed up the one I am using. ---------------- Tadaaa! Problem found. I was wrong, I did plug my speakers (and just my speakers) into the new outlets. Likely there is a disparity in how the new and old outlets are grounded. This voltage difference resulted in the hum. Thank you, problem solved DrWho.

---------------- On 12/23/2004 4:03:28 AM DrWho wrote: it's called ground loop and it happens because your ground voltage isn't "0". Since it worked before in your exact configuration I would check cables for any flaws and make sure there's no hairs or anything jammed into the plugs or on the inside of your pc. ---------------- The electrician installed some new power outlets... I wonder if perhaps it was incorrectly done? I'll check that too, though I am not actually USING these new outlets yet, he may have messed up the one I am using. ---------------- On 12/23/2004 4:03:28 AM DrWho also wrote: However, there has got to be a way for you to hook up you sound so that you don't have to use this jumper cable technique. How exactly do you have everything set up, or want it to work? ---------------- I play online games that use voice chat frequently. I have a headphone with mic, so the other end of the headphones separate into a mic plug and a headphone plug. The back of the computer (where the mic would plug in) is several feet from the front of the promedia control (where the headphones plug in). To get around this, I jump the headphone out on the promedia's to the line-in on my second (mostly unused) sound card. Then my mic + headphone plugs can go near each other. ---------------- On 12/23/2004 4:03:28 AM DrWho also also wrote: Btw, you should have posted this over in the promedia section on the forum (gotta scroll down a bit). You'll probably get more responses that way. ---------------- I was not sure where problems should be reported... I didn't think this issue sounded like a promedia-specific problem, which is why I posted it here. And, from your description, it may well not be my promedias.

I have a set of Klipsch Promedia 5.1's, connected to a Creative DDTS-100, taking signal from the optical output on my NForce 2 onboard sound. Formerly, I had a double-ended jumper cable (both ends with a standard stereo mic plug) going from the mic out for the Promedia's to the line-in on my Soundblaster Live!... this is needed for me to get my headphones+mic setup to work. This worked until recently. Now, when I have the audio jumper cable plugged into ANY of the Live jacks, there is some nasty humming in the speakers. The volume of this humming is constant... it doesn't matter what volume I set the speakers to. If I plug headphones into the line-in on the sound card I hear nothing. If I plug headphones into the mic out on the speakers it works fine. If I use the jumper cable, I get nasty feedback as soon as it is plugged into any audio jack on my PC... from the onboard sound, or the SB Live card. The switchover event was me taking the speakers + digital decoder downstairs to use on the DVD player, which I had never tried yet. Worked great, watched a couple DVDs, then took it all back upstairs. Now, horrible feedback. As far as I can tell, nothing changed on the computer... and I really can't see what I could have done to the speakers to cause this either. It seems kinda like some 'buffer' in the system that should be protecting it from feedback through the mic-out is not working as it should. When I plug the jumper cable into any powered device, I get humming... including a tape recorder, though that's quieter. Suggestions?

Has there been any progress on getting a replacement for the DD-5.1? I did purchase a Creative DDTS-100, and it's ok, but I'd really prefer a Klipsch product to compliment my 5.1 Ultras. What's the minimum time before a replacement is even likely to appear... are we looking at early 2005? Late 2005? Hail-Mary-Who-Knows-When? Thanks... I'll stop pestering you now. :-)

I'm eagerly awaiting a DD5.1 replacement. I bought a DDTS-100 in the meantime, but it's only a stopgap... I'll be offloading that onto a friend, or maybe onto my TV (my PC gets the good stuff ;-) once I can replace it with a Klipsch product. Any price under $200 and I'll be preordering it on Klipsch's reputation. Over 200, and I'll see if the reviews give it the thumbs up first. Myrddin