My sub is buzzing please help...

Hoka hey · 11-19-2005, 08:38 AM

Alright I have a z-5500 sound system, my sub is 10 inches and it's 188 watts. Read more here if needed...
Anyways, the buzzing only happens on some songs at volumes louder than 1/4 volume. I don't know why it started doing it, but it started this last weekend. It's a rattling type noise as if something like the front grill was shaking, so I tried screwing that in more with a hex wrench and that didn't work. It's bugging me like no other, if you know something i can do to fix or something you think might fix it, please tell me.
~thanks

sid3wayz · 11-19-2005, 10:01 AM

heres a link that has info on most types of speakers, might be worth a look http://vip.netsurf.ru/browse/?r=75042

vortmax · 11-19-2005, 06:36 PM

I fast buzzing sound would be something loose in the enclosure somewhere. If it's like a flapping sound that happens at certain frequencies (especially low ones) then you've blown the sub and the cone is damaged. If it's more of a distortion, the sub is clipping meaning you are trying to force too much power to it. Try turning the gain on the Bass down.

Hoka hey · 11-19-2005, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vortmax

I fast buzzing sound would be something loose in the enclosure somewhere. If it's like a flapping sound that happens at certain frequencies (especially low ones) then you've blown the sub and the cone is damaged. If it's more of a distortion, the sub is clipping meaning you are trying to force too much power to it. Try turning the gain on the Bass down.

So do you mean go into my creative program and turn the bass and there or use the main dial and select bass and turn that down???

Hairy_Lee · 11-19-2005, 10:42 PM

try turning the levels in windows up and turning the dial on the speakers down. most speakers buzz a little bit, im thinking there's some interference from your mains supply thats being amplified and showing up on the sub. also, some power supplies for speakers aren't as high quality as they should be and tend to cause interference

Hoka hey · 11-19-2005, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hairy_Lee

try turning the levels in windows up and turning the dial on the speakers down. most speakers buzz a little bit, im thinking there's some interference from your mains supply thats being amplified and showing up on the sub. also, some power supplies for speakers aren't as high quality as they should be and tend to cause interference

well it was fine last weekend then this last monday it started doing this, also I don't know if this helps, but it did this a long time ago when I was using an onboard sound card, before I bought my audigy II.

vortmax · 11-20-2005, 01:01 AM

just a hint, it might help. NEVER use equalizers built into media players. These modify the signal being passed to the sound card. This usually results in sub-par sound quality. You want to adjust level POSTprocessor. so the gain knobs on the speakers are your best bet unless you can't get the desired tuning. It's not good to have the bass and trebble gains cranked all the way up to get good sound. It's bad form and points to a poorly set up speaker system. If you need to fine tune sound output, do so with the sound card software. This way you are modifying it at the processing level. You are passing unaltered signal to the card, letting the driver alter it as part of the processing and then pass it through. If you are using the winamp or windows media equalizer you could be throwing the crossover off enough feed some of the sub signal into the speakers....making them clip

Hoka hey · 11-20-2005, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vortmax

just a hint, it might help. NEVER use equalizers built into media players. These modify the signal being passed to the sound card. This usually results in sub-par sound quality. You want to adjust level POSTprocessor. so the gain knobs on the speakers are your best bet unless you can't get the desired tuning. It's not good to have the bass and trebble gains cranked all the way up to get good sound. It's bad form and points to a poorly set up speaker system. If you need to fine tune sound output, do so with the sound card software. This way you are modifying it at the processing level. You are passing unaltered signal to the card, letting the driver alter it as part of the processing and then pass it through. If you are using the winamp or windows media equalizer you could be throwing the crossover off enough feed some of the sub signal into the speakers....making them clip

Alright so I should put all the winamp equializing stuff and the creative equalizer to 50% on everything and then use sound blasters noise control center, whatver program that is, to alter my volume to my liking? I guess it's worth a shot.
~thanks

vortmax · 11-20-2005, 04:09 PM

turn the winamp equalizer off completely (there is a button). Do the same with the creative equalizer. See what it sounds like. If you need to, adjust the creative equalizer from there. Try not to max out any sliders and adjust in steps so you can hear where it starts to distort

Hoka hey · 11-23-2005, 11:10 PM

They were already off :/

11-19-2005, 08:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Hoka hey New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 12	My sub is buzzing please help... Alright I have a z-5500 sound system, my sub is 10 inches and it's 188 watts. Read more here if needed... Anyways, the buzzing only happens on some songs at volumes louder than 1/4 volume. I don't know why it started doing it, but it started this last weekend. It's a rattling type noise as if something like the front grill was shaking, so I tried screwing that in more with a hex wrench and that didn't work. It's bugging me like no other, if you know something i can do to fix or something you think might fix it, please tell me. ~thanks

11-19-2005, 06:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	I fast buzzing sound would be something loose in the enclosure somewhere. If it's like a flapping sound that happens at certain frequencies (especially low ones) then you've blown the sub and the cone is damaged. If it's more of a distortion, the sub is clipping meaning you are trying to force too much power to it. Try turning the gain on the Bass down. __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX

11-19-2005, 10:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	try turning the levels in windows up and turning the dial on the speakers down. most speakers buzz a little bit, im thinking there's some interference from your mains supply thats being amplified and showing up on the sub. also, some power supplies for speakers aren't as high quality as they should be and tend to cause interference __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

11-20-2005, 01:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	just a hint, it might help. NEVER use equalizers built into media players. These modify the signal being passed to the sound card. This usually results in sub-par sound quality. You want to adjust level POSTprocessor. so the gain knobs on the speakers are your best bet unless you can't get the desired tuning. It's not good to have the bass and trebble gains cranked all the way up to get good sound. It's bad form and points to a poorly set up speaker system. If you need to fine tune sound output, do so with the sound card software. This way you are modifying it at the processing level. You are passing unaltered signal to the card, letting the driver alter it as part of the processing and then pass it through. If you are using the winamp or windows media equalizer you could be throwing the crossover off enough feed some of the sub signal into the speakers....making them clip __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX

11-20-2005, 04:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	turn the winamp equalizer off completely (there is a button). Do the same with the creative equalizer. See what it sounds like. If you need to, adjust the creative equalizer from there. Try not to max out any sliders and adjust in steps so you can hear where it starts to distort __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX

11-19-2005, 10:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
sid3wayz New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3	heres a link that has info on most types of speakers, might be worth a look http://vip.netsurf.ru/browse/?r=75042

11-23-2005, 11:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
Hoka hey New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 12	They were already off :/

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode