Does anyone ever hear radio channels on their speakers???

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09-03-2003, 04:50 PM
ryandinan

Does anyone ever hear radio channels on their speakers???

I was just wondering if Im the only one...

Sometimes, late at night when Im not listening to anything on my speakers (but they're on), I'll hear a very faint sound comimg from one or more of my speakers. If I put my ear right up next to it, I can make out that it's some radio channel - sometimes talk radio - sometimes music.

I imagine that the speaker wires are acting as antennas and picking these up. It was very strange when I first noticed this (about 3-4 years ago on a different set of speakers).
But it continues to happen to this day. Anyone else experience this?

I have the Altec Lansing 641's - a pretty decent set of computer speakers. However, they dont have the thickest gauge speaker wire...Typical among computer speakers...

-Ryan
09-03-2003, 04:59 PM
soupnazi

I've noticed this on my old Reveal computer speakers. I think it has to do with poor wire shielding.
09-03-2003, 05:29 PM
Isezumi

pretty much...

although poor wire shielding isn't always the cause...it just means that the power the signal coupled with other magical electrical properties have lined up perfectly and you can hear the radio station.

People with fillings and metal plates and braces occasionally get this too.
09-03-2003, 10:17 PM
Findels

I used to get this with my old cheapo speakers sometimes.
09-04-2003, 01:33 PM
benneke

i had that once with my guitar amplifier :p
09-04-2003, 03:52 PM
Ignitionator

Yes I got the AL 641's and have the same problem. :(
09-04-2003, 03:56 PM
XP1800

My roomie always complains about this. He can here them when he sleeps through his cheapo Compaq speakers. Of course I have no such a problem with my spectacular 5.1 5200's:D
09-04-2003, 04:04 PM
soupnazi

Quote:

Originally posted by XP18004life
Of course I have no such a problem with my spectacular 5.1 5200's:D

You should keep 'em because the Klipsch 5.1's might have that problem. j/k;)
09-04-2003, 04:06 PM
XP1800

Quote:

Originally posted by soupnazi
You should keep 'em because the Klipsch 5.1's might have that problem. j/k;)

I'm selling them to whoever wants them:cool:

*turns to 5200's* You hear that! I'm selling you!
09-04-2003, 04:51 PM
benneke

Quote:

Originally posted by XP18004life
I'm selling them to whoever wants them:cool:

*turns to 5200's* You hear that! I'm selling you!

i'll give you 1$ for them :p
09-04-2003, 05:06 PM
XP1800

Quote:

Originally posted by benneke
i'll give you 1$ for them :p

Plus $40 for shipping...deal.
09-04-2003, 09:09 PM
Isezumi

Quote:

Originally posted by XP18004life
Plus $0.40 for shipping...deal.

FIXED
09-04-2003, 09:23 PM
XP1800

Quote:

Originally posted by Isezumi
FIXED

Always the jokester...:p
09-04-2003, 09:42 PM
Sandro

I got a sort of similar problem in a set of headphones I use. I'm glad to find out that:

A) I'm not going crazy and
B) I'm not the only one hearing radio stations in my audio equipment
09-05-2003, 06:39 AM
warbird281

You must live very close to a radio transmitter tower. I had that problem once with my JBLs, I was hearing country station :( . I moved my comp to another part of the room and it never happened again.
09-05-2003, 03:47 PM
Sandro

Actually, I sort of live rather close to the broadcasting building of a local FM radio station. I'm not sure what I heard was that though.
09-05-2003, 05:24 PM
|_053|2

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Originally posted by benneke
i had that once with my guitar amplifier :p

my old bass amp did that at my other house, the guitarist in my band has an amp that plays some sports radio station sometimes
09-05-2003, 06:28 PM
Terry

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Originally posted by Isezumi

People with fillings and metal plates and braces occasionally get this too.

Seriously? so it's like a radio in the head?
09-05-2003, 07:35 PM
|_053|2

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Originally posted by Terry
Seriously? so it's like a radio in the head?

that would be so cool if you got a good station with that!!!
09-05-2003, 08:41 PM
Sandro

I had braces for three years back in middle school and I didn't seem to have that problem. Besides, I think it would be a little weird to have radio stations in your head.
09-05-2003, 08:57 PM
|_053|2

i never heard any radio in the 2½ years i had my braces... oh well
09-05-2003, 10:09 PM
GetCarter

Sometimes on really clear nights, I can hear communications between UFOs.
09-08-2003, 05:13 PM
ryandinan

Hah...UFO's...Hmmm....
Seriosuly though, the radio station I normally hear is in French. Which is strange because Im in Missouri. It must be some AM station.

BTW - does anyone get a lot of hiss from the 641's rear speakers? I do, and it's much more hiss than the fronts....
Strange, because they're the same speakers with the same wiring...

-Ryan
09-10-2003, 11:55 AM
bluesfusion

Quote:

Originally posted by ryandinan
Hah...UFO's...Hmmm....
Seriosuly though, the radio station I normally hear is in French. Which is strange because Im in Missouri. It must be some AM station.

BTW - does anyone get a lot of hiss from the 641's rear speakers? I do, and it's much more hiss than the fronts....
Strange, because they're the same speakers with the same wiring...

-Ryan

Speaker hiss has a lot to do with the quality of the amplifier it is hooked up to. ;)
09-10-2003, 12:43 PM
Ignitionator

Quote:

Originally posted by ryandinan
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BTW - does anyone get a lot of hiss from the 641's rear speakers? I do, and it's much more hiss than the fronts....
Strange, because they're the same speakers with the same wiring...

-Ryan

YES, I already said that. i have that same problem wit hthe same speakers, and don't know how to get it fixed...:confused: