Mattler

Hey Banquo... I took my sub to my college's electronics department. They specialize in sound stuff and only cost 20 bucks (and only if they fix it successfully). If they do fix the problem, I'll get a detailed description as to what was wrong and how they fixed it and then let you know so you can make your own decision. By the way, my system isn't under warranty, so this is my only option (not sure if you've got a warranty or not). Good luck! Matt

I'm getting a very intrusive high pitched (about 7-9khz) whine in my rear left channel, and slightly in my front left. I did talk to tech support on the phone and they said it might be a bad channel coming out of the sub. I'm really hoping that isn't the case because it's not under warranty, and I'm a poor college student that can't afford rent (because I bought this system instead!) I've been trying to troubleshoot it on my own. Here's what I got so far. The system is placed right above a couple AC adapters, which have been known to make noise. I've moved the system away from them, and put it into different wall plugs, but to no avail. I've upgraded my wires to a decent 16 guage wire, again, to no avail. I've tried different sats on the channel in question (the rear left), to no avail. Three things that are important to note: The noise doesn't happen right when the system's turned on. It needs a good 10 minutes or so before the noise becomes loud enough to notice. Secondly, when I unplug the three other channels, the noise virtually goes away. When I plug in another channel, the noise gets a bit louder, until all three others are plugged in and it's at its loudest. I don't believe it's because of the wires crossing over eachother on the way to the speakers, as I've moved them all over the room and even put old black wires on the other three channels, while the channel in question had the new wire on it (and vice versa as well). I really hope someone out there might have a simple solution to this (short of replacing the sub!). And finally, I should mention that this happens regardless of whether or not the system is plugged into my sound card or directly into another CD player with my computer turned off (and even unplugged). Anyway, I hope this is enough info! Cheers folks! Mattler -AMD T-bird, 1400mhz -640mb RAM -40gb HD (7200RPM), -SB Live! 4.1 Value -M-Audio Audiophile 2496 -Win XP Pro.