[Novalug] Stupid cackling speakers - slightly OT

[Nick Danger]

Ed James wrote:
> Let's start with a better picture.   Izzit a cell phone?  Is your computer
> hooked up to the 'net via wire or Wifi?  By 'go nuts', do you mean static,
> or just that the sound is interrupted?  Are the speakers built into the PC
> or external?  If external, what kind of cables connect the speakers to the
> PC - twisted wire pairs, shielded/unshielded, straight wire...?

Yes cell service, and 'go nuts' I mean static cackles like you've turned 
in a bad radio station. Its definitely related to the cell phone making 
its connection and doing its thing as I can tell my phone is going to 
ring before it does, the speakers cackle a second or so before the first 
ring. This does not matter if the speakers are turned up/playing sounds, 
they simply need to be 'on.'

These are Altec Lansing speakers, your usual coax cable (shielded) from 
PC to speakers, external power supply. It also happens on several others 
around the office, the cheapest ones being the worst offenders (crappy 
unshielded speaker wire). They are all 'older' models meaning at least 
4+ years old, we usually dont expense speakers with new computers and we 
just recycle the old ones. Other then the cell phone static issue, its a 
good costs savings measure.


And I work in a building with poor cell signal so the phone is always 
working hard to get signal. This is for any carrier as we have them all 
in here, Verizon and AT/T being the most prevalent but we have Sprint 
and Tmobil and some other one I forget.

Nick