strange interference kef x300a usb speakers

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strange interference kef x300a usb speakers

Has anybody got any idea of how to find out what could possibly be the cause of an intermittent problem where for no apparent reason an oscilating tone will keep coming from my KEF x300a speakers (non -wifi).

I think it may be a hardware / software issue as opposed to the speakers themselves - i just would like some clues as to where to start looking.

i've got an imac from about 2008 - the speakers are usb powered. at first i thought it may be some interference through buetooth or even wifi - but i turned both off and still got this tone coming through the speakers.

The wierd thing is that i can make the tone stop by clicking and holding the mouse button! this is what makes me think it could be software / hardware. But i may be wrong! I

where do i start!?

(i've repired all disk permissions , am running mavericks)

thanks

Dave

IMAC, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Nov 9, 2013 3:18 AM

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DAVEJ65X Author

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Nov 14, 2013 9:59 AM in response to DAVEJ65X

I have asked this question in a different place as now i don't think it is anything to do with the kef speakers as it is happening without them - it's some hardware / software problem.

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Mar 1, 2014 6:59 PM in response to DAVEJ65X

I had a sound issue with my KEF x300aw's. The problem did not exist when connecting wirelessly however via USB there were sound issues. To fix this I went into Audio Midi Setup in my iMac and chaged Format for the KEF's to 96000.0Hz and 2ch-24bit Integer from 44100.0Hz and 16 bit. This solved the audio issues.

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Dec 21, 2014 3:00 AM in response to DAVEJ65X

I have the same issue.

I have tried Dean suggestion, but i still getting the strange interference.

Any thing I can doing ?? Any more suggestion?

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DAVEJ65X Author

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Dec 22, 2014 1:32 AM in response to longmo903

I eventually found out what caused the interference (but must have answered it in a different thread).

I turned out to be a dodgy keyboard. Something must have spilt there. It wasn't a jammed key and was only intermittent but that was what caused the weird high pitched interference. might not be your problem - but if you have a spare keyboard, maybe give it a go.

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