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Less-Than-Shite Performance
Rodney 1.666:
Well at least it's good to know that it's not a freak coincidence case.
--- Quote from: Jonathon [SSL] on December 21, 2011, 04:25:30 pm ---I switch to my 10-year old 2.1 Altec speakers
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My previous set was in fact the Altec Lansing VS4121.
So you're saying there's no point in exchanging these for another of the same set?
If it was just the center I'd feel better about calling Logitech but the fronts are just as unbearable. I have to shut the speakers off if I'm not playing anything; it really does sound like a gadamn hard drive that's working away.
--- Quote from: jjmusicnotes on December 21, 2011, 07:04:30 pm ---I would recommend taking your exact speaker configuration and then trying them hooked up into someone else' system.
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Wouldn't plugging the sub into different outlets in the room and always excluding the inputs (connection to the computer) result in the same thing?
jjmusicnotes:
--- Quote from: Rodney 1.666 on December 21, 2011, 08:58:55 pm ---Wouldn't plugging the sub into different outlets in the room and always excluding the inputs (connection to the computer) result in the same thing?
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Sort of, but what would you be plugging them into to create sound coming out of them if you are excluding all of the inputs?
If they are making noise without any input signal, then I would say there is something bum with the speakers.
Rodney 1.666:
--- Quote from: Rodney 1.666 on December 21, 2011, 09:58:08 am ---as long as they're receiving power, they do this, and all five of them do it (center channel is the worst, followed by the FL & FR, then the RL & RR). Actually if the center is connected its noise is even worse than the last set.
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I'd say so too.
Conflicting info. I mean, I trust Major and SSL saying that theirs do the same thing which doesn't bode well for exchanging these for another of the same set, but I find it bizarre that the reviews I've read on the Z506's completely fail to even mention noise.
Jonathon [SSL]:
If it sounds as loud as a hard drive they're most likely broken and you should look into getting them replaced. The only hissing I can hear from mine can only be heard when you put your ear right next to them while they're on.
Rodney 1.666:
Not as loud as a hard drive but has the sound of one. I can hear it two meters away though and that's what matters.
To guarantee success I might just swap 'em out with these or even these, or just get the same set; not sure yet (but I'll need to figure it out tomorrow as I'm leaving for a week on Friday).
~Edit: Actually I think I'm just going to return these and hold off, not necessarily because of the impending Xmas (because things that have personal preferences attached to them like speakers make terrible gifts) but because I don't feel like throwing buckets of money around just yet. An opportunity might be coming up in the near future.
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