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somuch_gravy
Oct 25, 2014

this place is good and not bad
i have my speakers connected to my receiver and when its on the lowest volume i hear a radio coming through them. i dont have an antenna on the receiver and everything grounded. believe me ive tried monster cables and wrapping my entire setup with aluminum foil but nothing is helping :( any cool "audiophiles" who can give me some helpful tips/tricks.
thx

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jenny jones fan
Dec 24, 2007
That's just your schizophrenia rearing its ugly head again.

somuch_gravy
Oct 25, 2014

this place is good and not bad
sometimes my dad is on the radio. hes still alive though

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

somuch_gravy posted:

sometimes my dad is on the radio. hes still alive though

maybe you are dead and he is trying to reach out to you through your phantom radio? what does he say?

iSimian
Jan 19, 2008

Well, there's your problem!
Are you sure it's your receiver you have hooked up and not your HAM radio?

somuch_gravy
Oct 25, 2014

this place is good and not bad
usually he's just crying

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
did you know that radio waves are hitting your eyeballs right now!?? it's true!

vug
Jan 23, 2015

by Cowcaster
i seem to remember that the actual speaker drivers can pick up radio if it's the right frequency, especially subwoofers. i had a friend say that he once started hearing a live nick cave and the bad seeds concert through his speakers at about 3AM and it freaked him out

dreezy
Mar 4, 2015

yeah, rip.
put your speakers in a faraday cage. or your entire computer. or your house. this has the added benefit of making your tinfoil hat redundant

Phobic Nest
Oct 2, 2013

You Are My Sunshine

Mozi posted:

did you know that radio waves are hitting your eyeballs right now!?? it's true!

That's bad because it's RADIATION

No wait, that's good cuz you might become spider-man or something.

somuch_gravy
Oct 25, 2014

this place is good and not bad
if i knew the station id call in with requests. sometimes The Boss comes on and i don't mind so much. other times its red hot chilly peppers and i dont care for it

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
maybe you should try reversing the polarity on your radio and see if you can comfort your dad. from the sound of it, he is pretty sad about something, i would be interested to know what it is. i mean, i guess it could be tears of joy that you died but sounds more like sobbing, like maybe his sports team lost a big game. something more important to him?

somuch_gravy
Oct 25, 2014

this place is good and not bad
if i am dead is this hell

Son of Rodney
Feb 22, 2006

ohmygodohmygodohmygod

I got some radio right here

*fart*

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

somuch_gravy posted:

if i am dead is this hell

it is for the rest of us, i can tell you that much

somuch_gravy
Oct 25, 2014

this place is good and not bad
when i hold my phone up to the speakers it starts beeping. i think its binary or morse code. anyone know how to decrypt this kinda stuff

E: here's a recording I took of it https://clyp.it/rjdfl4ug

somuch_gravy fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Dec 1, 2015

Lupin
Feb 21, 2007
Same thing happens to me op. I'll shut down my computer after playing a movie or w/e and I'll hear asian pop songs playing at a really low volume through my speakers. And whenever the compressor in my fridge starts running, or I turn on/off the ceiling fan, I hear a a big static pop.
I fear for my mental health

somuch_gravy
Oct 25, 2014

this place is good and not bad
i think im gonna call the station and ask them to turn it down

Masturbasturd
Sep 1, 2014
Well, hmmm:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=shielded+speaker+cable

You probably live close to a radio transmitter, so perhaps just move?
You could also pour some holy water on your stereo to exorcise your dad.

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
it could be a bomb :ninja: *crosses fingers*

tazjin
Jul 24, 2015


Put a bunch of ferrite rings on all the cables. There's cheap clip-on ones

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost

somuch_gravy posted:

if i am dead is this hell

would it be more depressing if this was heaven?

SPACE HOMOS
Jan 12, 2005

Sometimes I think the CIA is controlling my mind

somuch_gravy
Oct 25, 2014

this place is good and not bad

tazjin posted:

Put a bunch of ferrite rings on all the cables. There's cheap clip-on ones

will try. thanks

E: got a big pack of these on eliexpress

can't wait to see if they work

somuch_gravy fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Dec 1, 2015

tazjin
Jul 24, 2015


somuch_gravy posted:

will try. thanks

E: got a big pack of these on eliexpress

can't wait to see if they work

Silver isn't good enough, you have to use gold because then the radio waves avoid you because they know that rich people don't listen to the radio

Coolie Ghost
Jan 16, 2013

sensible dissent dispenser
store your speakers in a cool, dry place. consider the possibility this is the govt sending you messages to kill

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
video killed the radio star, so leave a tv on

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Big Beef City
Aug 15, 2013

I once lived next to one of the big radio broadcast antennas and my bedroom wall faced it (it was like literally the lot over from the apartment building). If I plugged the alarm clock I had into the wall facing the antenna, just being plugged in would cause it to play whatever the radio station was broadcast at a fairly decent level.
I felt real safe living there

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