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telling myself it's ok to spend $200
May. 17th, 2008 05:15 pmI never want to put all my receipts from the car buildup together in one place. The project has been so costly*, I hesitate to spend money on anything else. I refuse to think about what the obligatory biennial-ish trip to Puerto Rico cost.
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atalanta and mrzero's rave reviews, I bought a pair of Audioengine A2's. My six-year-old Cambridge Soundworks stuff has declined steadily, and now it buzzes and wails intolerably. The woofer doesn't woof so much as crackle. I really didn't want to spend the money, but I use this stuff every day, and I can't deal with the
*brrzzziiiiiiiiiiifjjjjrrrrrzzzzzzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaarrpp*
when the volume is low, or the
*crack crack crack crack*
when it's high.
I'm unsure if the CS system simply deteriorated with age, or if there's some unknown and growing radio frequency noise problem. It could be a combination of the two: materials can decompose, allowing noise to penetrate. I don't know anything about audio or electronics, though.anechoic looked at the problem a couple of months ago. He scratched his head, and uttered the dread statement: "It could be anything."
The oddest thing: if iTunes is on, and I move the scroll wheel on the mouse, the noise goes away while the wheel is moving. If I toggle between browser windows, the noise quiets down for an instant. Could be that my computer is getting radio-leakier, and not the speakers. DamnitIdon'tknow. There's no quieting the woofer issues, anyway.
If there's a growing source of radio interference anywhere in here, I hope the A2's are impermeable to it. At the very least, I look forward to owning speakers that don't have this awful CSfeedback dial volume control wheel.
* As I said before, I'm trying to categorize this as an education-related expense. Now I know more about putting a car together, and I know how not to contract the work out.
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atalanta and mrzero's rave reviews, I bought a pair of Audioengine A2's. My six-year-old Cambridge Soundworks stuff has declined steadily, and now it buzzes and wails intolerably. The woofer doesn't woof so much as crackle. I really didn't want to spend the money, but I use this stuff every day, and I can't deal with the *brrzzziiiiiiiiiiifjjjjrrrrrzzzzzzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaarrpp*
when the volume is low, or the
*crack crack crack crack*
when it's high.
I'm unsure if the CS system simply deteriorated with age, or if there's some unknown and growing radio frequency noise problem. It could be a combination of the two: materials can decompose, allowing noise to penetrate. I don't know anything about audio or electronics, though.
anechoic looked at the problem a couple of months ago. He scratched his head, and uttered the dread statement: "It could be anything."The oddest thing: if iTunes is on, and I move the scroll wheel on the mouse, the noise goes away while the wheel is moving. If I toggle between browser windows, the noise quiets down for an instant. Could be that my computer is getting radio-leakier, and not the speakers. DamnitIdon'tknow. There's no quieting the woofer issues, anyway.
If there's a growing source of radio interference anywhere in here, I hope the A2's are impermeable to it. At the very least, I look forward to owning speakers that don't have this awful CS
* As I said before, I'm trying to categorize this as an education-related expense. Now I know more about putting a car together, and I know how not to contract the work out.
