Why do my speakers buzz?

You can also try turning the volume up on the ipod/cd player and turning the master volume down on your computer. If your computer has an equalizer, you can adjust the mid range and treble to practically eliminate the buzzing sound.

Also, check to see if any cords are laying on the computer's power cord. Power cords can also interfere with the transmission of sound.

Hope this helps and have a great day!!! First off, don't waste your $$ on expensive wires, especially for simple PC speakers. Spending money on Gold plated speaker wires is like spending a ton of dough for an MP3 player with the name "Ipod" on it. It's senseless. Selling gold plated speaker wires is a marketing gig. It allows them to raise the cost, increase margins, and make more $$.

Sound Engineers will tell you it's BS.

And don't bother changing the phase.

You most likely have an interference problem. Move the speakers (and wires) away from other electical devices, wireless mouse, monitor, printer, router, cell phone, etc.

Some cell phones (Blackberry's especially) can cause intermittant noise problems like this.

Your ipud does not have alot of power to drive speakers, it is designed to drive earbuds. And your PC sound output likely has a much wider dynamic range of frequencies. This is likely why you do not hear the "noise" when connected to the ipud. It's possible that adjusting the Equalizer settings may help but then you will adversely affect overall sound quality.