Z-5500 Hiss

Captain EBD

I get a constant hiss from the satellites on z-5500 speakers. It's not that noticeable when I play music but when I talk on Skype or Google Talk I have to turn up the speakers so I can hear the person but at the same time I hear the hiss; this is when it’s most annoying.

For now I turned down the Volume in Control panel to half and set Wave to full; I can barely hear it now unless I turn it up extremely high. But now the speakers can't go as loud as before.

I've heard this problem can be caused by the power strip, soundcard, wires... (I made sure all my connections are correct and firmly connected).

Zelig

Are you using an analog connection?
If you unplug the speakers from the soundcard and max the volume, do you still get a hiss?
If you plug them directly into an outlet instead of the power strip, does that help?

Captain EBD

yeah im using analog connections.
i unpluged the speakers from the soundcard and i didnt get the hiss but i did get a new kinda sound like buzzing but only hate extremely high volume (almost boost range).

ill try pluging into the outlet a bit later

sovietdoc

I can't hear the hiss from my sats but the sub is got this not his but i dunno how to explain sound. Pretty loud too All high end speakers hiss so there is nothing you can do about it. Plus like you said, when listening to music you cant hear it.

Captain EBD

yeah my sub dosnt make any noise. also my friend has the same speakers of me and i couldnt hear a hiss on his system, he's using a integrated soundcard on the mobo aswell.

Shakey_Jake33

I had the problem until I muted the Line-in and Mic-in inputs, worked fine then.

Captain EBD

yeah but i use my mic to talk on skype and google talk.

Lakevren

Muting your mic and line-in doesn't make you silent to the people you are talking to.


It only makes you silent to yourself.

So, mute it.

Captain EBD

oh cool thanks! it works perfectly now