Speakers "ticking"

Captain Vash

About once every second
just a steady tick.

reminds me almost of the sound an electric horse fence makes (for those who know what that sounds like).

they do with whether the computer is on or off.
but they stop it when they are themselves powered off.

the output volume of my computer does not affect the volume of the clicking

it seems to come and go sometimes.

it's very annoying.

help me isolate and destroy this noise!

I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up

Captain Vash wrote: »

About once every second
just a steady tick.

reminds me almost of the sound an electric horse fence makes (for those who know what that sounds like).

they do with whether the computer is on or off.
but they stop it when they are themselves powered off.

the output volume of my computer does not affect the volume of the clicking

it seems to come and go sometimes.

it's very annoying.

help me isolate and destroy this noise!

sounds like a short or other electrical problem

DrFrylock

Move your cordless phone handset away from the speakers.

(It could also be your cellphone, but a steady chirping is usually a cordless).

Captain Vash

it's not the cellphone noise I know that one.
and I don't even a home phone so next guess on that one.

The electrical short sounds possible but I don't know where it could happen? my speakers are all connected to my receiver and all the speakers seem to do it at different times or when they're just in the mood.

BYToady

If possible, eliminate outside factors from where they are now.

Power them up somewhere else in the house, see if the ticking continues.

Captain Vash

BYToady wrote: »

If possible, eliminate outside factors from where they are now.
Power them up somewhere else in the house, see if the ticking continues.

I'd love to acquiesce to this request however a) the receiver is tightly bound to a desk in this room. the effort to move it would be considerable. and b) other sound systems with similar speakers that were not this particular receiver have not made this same noise.


Let's say it's a short either in my speaker wiring connections or in the processing of the reciever it'self.. what are my options? replacement only?

evilmrhenry

Any nearby CRTs?

matt has a problem

This sounds more like poor shielding than a short though. You mentioned knowing what a horse fence sounds like, you don't by chance live near one, do you?

Captain Vash

Hahah, no, I only grew up around electric horse fencing.
and also no, there are no CRT monitors anywhere in my house, though the speaker wires are tangled in with much other wiring for my audio/video set up which includes but is not limited to a fairly powerful computer with two monitors, an HD DVR for cable, a 360 and a 42" lcd television.

So you guys are thinking that some thicker better shielded speaker wire, perhaps run further away from the rest of my set up, would be a good idea?

matt has a problem

Even just trying to separate the speaker wire from the power cables could help, if it's possible. The tick-tick-tick is a charge that's building up somewhere and then discharging.