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Re: OT: Building a new box
You might want to spring an extra $30 to get a Chaintech AV 710 sound card. Your ears will thank you for not subjecting them to onboard audio needlessly.  |
February 2nd, 2007, 07:35 PM
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Thank you for those tips guys. The OS would be VISTA o/c  but I am sure with SP 1 it will at least be nearly as good as XP for gaming by then.
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Re: OT: Building a new box
Since we're on the topic of sound and speakers...
I've got a couple ~25 year old speakers, massive things, each connected to the stereo with about 15 feet of wiring. Every once in a while, the left speaker will halfways cut out, put out a lot of static, and then for no apparent reason, fix itself. Any ideas what the problem could be?
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Re: OT: Building a new box
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Since we're on the topic of sound and speakers...
I've got a couple ~25 year old speakers, massive things, each connected to the stereo with about 15 feet of wiring. Every once in a while, the left speaker will halfways cut out, put out a lot of static, and then for no apparent reason, fix itself. Any ideas what the problem could be?
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Could be a lot of things. Could be you got some critters in residence inside like Possum did, or maybe your speaker wire is being bumped and it's affecting the connection, or maybe the speakers are not adequately shielded and are being affected by line noise or RF noise, which could be coming from any of the surrounding electronics. Cell phones are notorious for this, when they are negotiating a handshake with the tower. You can get about a half to full second warning that your cell phone is going to ring if you leave it beside an unshielded speaker.
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Re: OT: Building a new box
First thing I'd do is replace the wires. No guarantee at all, but it doesn't cost much or take long, and eliminates one possible cause.
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February 5th, 2007, 06:37 PM
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Could be a lot of things. Could be you got some critters in residence inside like Possum did.
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Dare I say...perhaps a possum? 
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February 5th, 2007, 11:38 PM
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You all have posted more about sound than I ever knew was possible. I love the fact that there are so many informed folks posting here.  I would have been happy with a basic 16 bit sound card, but now, now I am totally confused.  But thanks to you all, I am learning and that is a good thing.
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February 9th, 2007, 11:33 PM
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You all have posted more about sound than I ever knew was possible. I love the fact that there are so many informed folks posting here.
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But, how do you know we are all really informed? Do you have any proof that we're not really a bunch of ignorant blowhards talking out our asses?
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