My creative 6.1 speakers are always fluctuating

[Kev07]

and it pisses me off, anyone else have problems with this?

i want to fix this, warranty is over though -_-

 

[Create Reality]

Buying new ones is the easy solution.

 

[Docs]

If it's panning, check your sound card software for surround correction or something to that extent. It messes with my 5.1 all the time.

 

[Kev07]

panning? it jsut randomly gets loud and quiet all the time, i have better things to spend money on than to buy new speakers, although klipsch speakers are really freaking awesome

 

[Create Reality]

How are they connected? Could be the jack that's causing the drops. If you tweak the jacks on yo soundcard does it make a difference?

 

[Docs]

panning? it jsut randomly gets loud and quiet all the time, i have better things to spend money on than to buy new speakers, although klipsch speakers are really freaking awesome

That's what I mean. Check your soundcard driver software (ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A SURROUND CARD). That's what happened with mine, because it was trying to adjust itself via the hardware for what goes to the back, and that's why it'll get loud and quiet, because of the strength of your music.

Good point, check the jack (fiddle around with it).

 

[Kev07]

the jack doesn't do anything, it changes volumes a bit if i move the volume adjuster i notice, also i got my driver directly from the website so

 

[Docs]

Ok, that driver has software. That software has settings that adjust your sound via the hardware, so persay the volume of your music is low, it'll be quiet at the back and alright at the front, and if it passes a certain level, the back opens up and the front is louder. It's really uneven and stuff.

Look for it, maybe you'll have to look around Control Panel, Programs, Start Menu to find it, something?

 

[Kev07]

i dont think it's that, my volume fluctuates when i move my volume adjusted

 

[Docs]

I'm not talking about volume, I'm talking about your sound card adjusting what goes to the back/front speakers, causing your 'panning'.

I'm pressed for time, so I can't screen shot what the setting on my computer did. =(

 

[Kev07]

yeah i've adjusted those, it's not htat and yeah i know what you're talking about

 

[Call_Me_Daddy]

If you change the volume in windows, or in winamp, media player.. etc. And it fluctuates. Its the drivers.

If you change the volume up and down on the physical knob of the speakers and it fluctuates (but sound on windows you do not modify)... its the speakers.


Plug the speakers in something else. Like a CD player and test them out. Plug in headphones instead of speakers to test the PC. Also, try different cables connecting to speakers. Maybe they broke or they have been stretched out or something. You can throw out perfectly good speakers when the problem is a $0.50 cable or $0.00 drivers on the PC.

Or maybe its the media player. Try Winamp or VLC and play some files that you KNOW have no problems.