Computer wire for speakers question

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I purchased an extension cable (wire) for my computer speakers. My
speakers are in my bedroom next to the computer room so I put the
cable through the wall. The cable for my DSL connection also goes
through the same hole in the wall. After I did this I experienced some
problem with my DSL connection. It seemed as if I was stilled
connected, but I could not get a webpage to come up. We contacted our
service provider, and got things working although there was no
apparent change in any of the settings. We have had the DSL for over a
year with no problems. After it worked again, I listened to a program
over the internet on the speakers, and the same problem occurred
again. We fixed again (by luck?), and it made me think that maybe the
closeness of the two cables might have caused the problem (electrical
interference of some sort?). The person at Radio Shack said the cable
was unshielded. Could there be a relationship between the two cables.
I discounted the speakers, and plan to run it through the wall in a
differement more distant hole.

Thanks

Tom

 

[Homer J Simpson]

We fixed again (by luck?), and it made me think that maybe the
closeness of the two cables might have caused the problem (electrical
interference of some sort?).

Nope. Probably a loose connection on the cable.

 

[Puckdropper]

I purchased an extension cable (wire) for my computer speakers. My
speakers are in my bedroom next to the computer room so I put the
cable through the wall. The cable for my DSL connection also goes
through the same hole in the wall. After I did this I experienced some
problem with my DSL connection. It seemed as if I was stilled
connected, but I could not get a webpage to come up. We contacted our
service provider, and got things working although there was no
apparent change in any of the settings. We have had the DSL for over a
year with no problems. After it worked again, I listened to a program
over the internet on the speakers, and the same problem occurred
again. We fixed again (by luck?), and it made me think that maybe the
closeness of the two cables might have caused the problem (electrical
interference of some sort?). The person at Radio Shack said the cable
was unshielded. Could there be a relationship between the two cables.
I discounted the speakers, and plan to run it through the wall in a
differement more distant hole.

Thanks

Tom

Move the speakers if you think they're causing trouble. Move them back
and see if it fails. It's very much unlikely, but this is just
eliminating that possiblity.

Btw, unshielded network cables are fine. The majority of cables are
unshielded, having twists in the seperate connectors to deal with
interference.

Puckdropper

 

[jasen]

I purchased an extension cable (wire) for my computer speakers. My
speakers are in my bedroom next to the computer room so I put the
cable through the wall. The cable for my DSL connection also goes
through the same hole in the wall. After I did this I experienced some
problem with my DSL connection. It seemed as if I was stilled
connected, but I could not get a webpage to come up. We contacted our
service provider, and got things working although there was no
apparent change in any of the settings. We have had the DSL for over a
year with no problems. After it worked again, I listened to a program
over the internet on the speakers, and the same problem occurred
again. We fixed again (by luck?), and it made me think that maybe the
closeness of the two cables might have caused the problem (electrical
interference of some sort?). The person at Radio Shack said the cable
was unshielded. Could there be a relationship between the two cables.
I discounted the speakers, and plan to run it through the wall in a
differement more distant hole.

It seems unlikely for the speaker cable to cause problems by being close
to the ADSL for such a short distance are you certain you didnt disturb
the ADSL wire when feeding the speaker wires through the hole?

Bye.
Jasen

 

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It seems unlikely for the speaker cable to cause problems by being close

to the ADSL for such a short distance are you certain you didnt disturb
the ADSL wire when feeding the speaker wires through the hole?

Bye.
Jasen- Hide quoted text -

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We checked the connections numerous times, and unplugged and
replugged. The DSL modems lthree lights were on which indicated that
we had a connection. I opened up a dialog box which indicated we had
been connected for "X" number of hours, and the seconds were still
ticking away. It seemed we had a connection, but if we tried to bring
a web page up, it would say it could not find the server which made md
feel as if the domain anme server might have beend own, but I typed in
a IP address number and that did not work either. We have changed the
location of the speakers and their wires, and we try again.

Tom

 

[Nicholas Sherlock]

We checked the connections numerous times, and unplugged and
replugged. The DSL modems lthree lights were on which indicated that
we had a connection. I opened up a dialog box which indicated we had
been connected for "X" number of hours, and the seconds were still
ticking away. It seemed we had a connection, but if we tried to bring
a web page up, it would say it could not find the server

Happens here all the time, when our ISP is having issues. The router can
easily detect if the link between itself and the exchange is dropped, so
the problem must lie further up the line.. .

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock

 

[Jon Slaughter]

I purchased an extension cable (wire) for my computer speakers. My
speakers are in my bedroom next to the computer room so I put the
cable through the wall. The cable for my DSL connection also goes
through the same hole in the wall. After I did this I experienced some
problem with my DSL connection. It seemed as if I was stilled
connected, but I could not get a webpage to come up. We contacted our
service provider, and got things working although there was no
apparent change in any of the settings. We have had the DSL for over a
year with no problems. After it worked again, I listened to a program
over the internet on the speakers, and the same problem occurred
again. We fixed again (by luck?), and it made me think that maybe the
closeness of the two cables might have caused the problem (electrical
interference of some sort?). The person at Radio Shack said the cable
was unshielded. Could there be a relationship between the two cables.
I discounted the speakers, and plan to run it through the wall in a
differement more distant hole.

Thanks

The audio that travels through the speaker wires is less than 100khz but the
signal that travels through the dsl wire is > 1Mhz. Not only that, the dsl
uses differential signaling so that crosstalk is minimized.

The obvious troubleshooting method is simply to unplug the speakers from
both sides so that no current is running through the wires. If your problem
is resolved then its the speakers, if not then its something else. (If it is
the speaker wire itself, which you have a better change of winning the
lottery. (assuming the installation wasn't faulty in some way)).