First post, by jfarms
Hey,
So... I feel like I'm going a little crazy. I've hooked up logitech z-640 analog speakers to my audigy 2 sound card (as well as onboard realtek) in my retro xp system to enjoy some surround sound eax for the first time... and certain speakers would not work at all (at first either rear speaker with the audigy... then just the rear left with the onboard realtek). Then there were muffling issues in another speaker.
Finally, I wound up randomly moving the three speaker audio output cables further down and around, away from the speakers... and they all started working properly! It's been so confusing- is audio interference from audio output cables to speakers a thing? Are analog speakers very sensitive to interference? Is there anything I can do to reduce this sensitivity like wrapping wires in aluminum foil or something to shield them?
I spent at least 2-3 hours putzing around with them listening to the sound tests trying to figure out how to get consistent 5.1 sound and the currently working set-up feels incredibly fragile at the moment!