Thanks Ford,. This problem is not about situations at high volume, too much or too little of some frequency, or anything. And the machine plays ordinary speech and music quite well enough, considering how little the speakers must be. It's just Jaws and the Windows boot-up sound.
And yes, I've plugged ear buds into the jack, and everything, including Jaws, is clear as a bell. I've got an IT pro friend working on it. , ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blackwell, Clifford" <[email protected]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:01 PM Subject: RE: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop It sounds as if it's bad speaker connections or speakers then. Either a usb powered external speaker or speaker pair or external speakers that plug into the headphone jack may be you're best answer. I know on a netbook I bought, the speakers are ok at low to moderate levels, but anything that pushes the speakers hard, results in distortion. Can you adjust the tone balance to reduce bass? If so shifting the sound more towards the high ends might reduce the crackling some. ford -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop Ford, Thanks for the reply. I'll answer one question, and thanks for the rest. This began as soon as I started using this machine. So it's either the sound card or shitty speakers I can tell you that when I plug ear buds into the right place, the sound is clear and great, and I have to use the keybord trick for turning them down. It any of that helps. Joel ,sasy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blackwell, Clifford" <[email protected]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:17 AM Subject: RE: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop Even a small battery powered pair of speakers may help if it's the internal speakers causing the problem. If it's not the speakers themselves or the internal connection, it may be a problem with the sound card. To help maintain the portability of your laptop, you might look at a pair of small Logictech usb speakers that get their power from the usb port. I've seem a number of these on sale at the Logitech site for around $10. If it's a problem with your sound card and you've gotten the latest drivers, then you might need to look at an external sound card. Have you always had this crackling or has it started recently? If a recent event, what did you install around the time you started noticing the problem? Did you install the new drivers to get rid of the crackling or did you install them before the crackling began? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel Deutsch Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:29 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop Hi, Are the speakers you have large and meant to be higher-FI,, requiring their own AC power? In other worlds, do they diminish your laptop's portability? Thanks, Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jörgen Hansson" <[email protected]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 10:00 AM Subject: Re: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop Hi! have you ever looked at the laptop speakers? maybe it can be the speakers which are built in the laptop. I used to listen to the speakers when I used jaws, but now, I am using a set of external speakers plugged in to the laptops headphone/lineout jack. and I get much better sound of it now. it's worth a tr. Regards, Jörgen Hansson! Tel +46 703-601296 www.jorgenhansson.com skype: djtropical4532 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Deutsch" <[email protected]> To: "PC Audio" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:29 PM Subject: Crackling, staticky cound on my laptop > Hi all, > > I have an Acer laptop running XP Home, and I'm using Jaws 11 latest build. > Frequently, the sound crackles like a 1920s long-distance call or bad A.M. > radio. > > MY IT guy says he installed the latest drivers for the sound card, etc., > but > the problem persists. I know I could get a USB sound card, but would > prefer > not to. > > Any ideas? > Joel > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
