Possible Speaker Problem - Please help!

[Narcolepsy]

First, a bit of background information:
I had some nice sounding Harmon Kardon speakers, but the subwoofer and right speaker stopped functioning properly, so I ditched them in favor of some nice new Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers.

They worked wonderfully for about a week until that same problem with the right speaker resurfaced.

The sound had a much lower volume out of the right speaker, so I unhooked and rehooked all of the plugs. The drastic problem went away, but I still notice that the sound out of the right speaker seems to be a bit duller and possibly contains less treble.

It seems a bit hard to believe that my new, high quality speakers could so quickly develop the exact same problem as my old ones, so what could this be? Software settings? Sound card? Or just really bad luck?

I would greatly appreciate any help, as this is driving me crazy.

OS: Windows XP Home
Soundcard: Creative Live! Value

 

[Shuzer]

Sounds like a soundcard issue. Live! Value isn't the world's greatest card

Is there any way you can test the speakers on another system, or audio source, to make sure that it's specific to your computer?

But, like I said, I'd have to say it sounds like a soundcard issue. You can pick up an Audigy 2 ZS for about $80 online, and an Audigy even cheaper

 

[RandomPING]

Yea it sounds like a sound card issue, Live! had a lot of stupid issues. Like Shuzer said try hooking the speakers up to something else, i usally use a CD player or MP3 player, that'll tell you if it's the speakers or the card.

 

[staddydaddy]

well why did the problem remedy it self when he bought new speakers? It seems to me, that if it was hardware issued the problem would stay if he bought new spearkers or not? Unless for some reason the card gradually killed the right speaker

 

[RandomPING]

Yep, that's why we suggested you test the speakers on a non-computer source.

Gotta figure out what's not the problem by isolating it, and then once you have what the problem is figured out, then you can try to find the solution.

 

[Narcolepsy]

well why did the problem remedy it self when he bought new speakers? It seems to me, that if it was hardware issued the problem would stay if he bought new spearkers or not? Unless for some reason the card gradually killed the right speaker

Sorry, I forgot one detail that might explain it to you. With my old speakers, the problem phased in and out randomly. Sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't. I could often get the speakers to come back to life by turning them on and off.

On my new speakers, I got them to work by reseating all of the plugs, but as I said, the sound still seems slightly dull on the right (not exagerratedly so, but just enough to mar my otherwise perfect speakers )

I'll try plugging in my CD player to them when I have more time.