Hello,

I've been using a no-name 2.1 speaker set for past 7 years ($50CDN). The volume knob got busted on that thing few months ago so I finally got a new set of speakers: Logitech Z-2200.

I set it up and proceeded to awed by its superior sound that the people has been raving about.
First impression: "Ok, nice, I guess. Not that better than my old speakers. Maybe the volume is too low."
So I slowly started cranking up the volume and it started to sound good. But when the volume knob was turned up past 1/2 way mark, I started hearing hisses, noises from the speakers. I turned off the music and the hiss was still there! (it wasn't the music) I found that if I turn the volume knob past 1/3 way, hiss becomes audible (bearable upto 1/2 way point). If I leave the knob at 1/3 and increase the volume on my computer (mixer, winamp, etc.) there's no hiss.
Sure I could just leave the speaker volume at 1/3 and use the computer volumes but that's not why I got speakers with remote controls! Is mine a defect or does this problem exist on every Z-2200? I would really appreciate your comments.
Thank you for reading.

PS: My old speaker set's volume got busted and it's set to either zero or max; so I had to control volume on the computer. But, even though it was at max volume, it didn't have any hiss. It would if I increased the computer volume really high but not at the same level as I was testing Z-2200.

My Z-2200 speakers don't have much hiss even at max volume. What sound card are you using? Before when I had on-board sound I could hear hiss and static at high volumes but after I upgraded my card the hiss and static was gone.

Some soundcards produce hiss because they are constantly monitoring other channels too. Try muting everything in the mixer except the "wave" or "pcm" channel and the master volume. See if that does anything.

If that doesn't do anything it could be any number of things. But I wouldn't know where to start.

Muting channels worked for me in the past when I had a sub par soundcard.

It's probably not a problem with the speakers, more likely:

1) Wiring problem (make sure they're all plugged in snugly)
2) Source volume too low (make sure your program is turned up to at least 75%, same with the main Windows mixer)
3) Crappy soundcard problems, like those mentioned above, e.g. the soundcard automatically monitoring the inputs.