Buzzing from my bluesky media 2.1's

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JonPW

Enthusiast
Hi, I'm new here but I've been occasionally dropping by and reading reviews etc. Anyways to my point.

I'm trying to figure out what is causing the satalights on my bluesky 2.1's to hum at me. I just replaced the wires, but if I gently jiggle, or rather touch the rca cord that plugs into back of my media set they start humming at me, a quick push on the cable always seems to fix it, sometimes a little twist is necessary

So anyways I bought some new cables, adioquest diamondbacks, thinking those would fix the issue, no go. I also updated the bare wire spindel plugs from my subwoofer to my satalights with new cables that had banana plugs, seemed to be a good grade cable, they were a brand called dayton... anyways.

So my buzzing still occurs. By the way I am using these for a computer audio solution, my current audio card is an ASUS essence stx. it works really well for 2 channel and I do not get any background electronic noise, not even on my hd595 sennheiser headphones.

I hear it could be a grounding issue, but I dunno. is it time for me to justify an upgrade over something better for my computer than the media desk 2.1's?

My primary use for my speakers is the playback of Japanese animation dvd's and gaming. I will be honest that I do not listen to much music. But I do appreciate good hardware.

Thinking about it, I think most anime has an emphasis on either rock, tecno, or classical music themes if that helps any. I know I am asking too much in one post. Let's just focus on the buzz for now. :p
 
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JonPW

Enthusiast
So I called bluesky audio and they actually gave me the phone number of the lead tech that designed the unit.

Seems the rca grounding pin got broke but he gave me a cheap work-around. Soder a cable to the outside of the rca and ground it to the grounding pin of the XLR. it should work.
 
MidnightSensi

MidnightSensi

Audioholic Samurai
So I called bluesky audio and they actually gave me the phone number of the lead tech that designed the unit.

Seems the rca grounding pin got broke but he gave me a cheap work-around. Soder a cable to the outside of the rca and ground it to the grounding pin of the XLR. it should work.
Interesting fix, let us know how that works for you. Take pics!
 
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JonPW

Enthusiast
I did not take the time to take a picture however it did seem to mostly work.

Mostly as in the humming noise 99% dissapeered but it still seems somewhat present. I also had used a cheap wire to ground it. Maybe if I was not an amateur I could do it better.

I'll use a better wire and try it again, but it seems promising thus far. At the very least it is an improvement.
 

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