Sound bleeding through outlets from another source?

[scarletwolf81]

I don't know if this is a common issue but I've been noticing that my older speakers/sub have been picking up audio from another source. I live in older apartments with shitty outlets, and every once and a while I hear audio from a show or something playing quietly over my speakers even when the tv they are hooked up to isn't on. I'm not saying it's static interference, I can literally hear and understand the commercials and tv shows, like it's bleeding through the outlets somehow. It's done this on multiple outlets and I want to know if there's anyway to stop it.

[NoxiousOdor]

That is super weird

 

[Cyracus]

get a surge protector and plug your system into that, should stop or at least diminish it. I know there can be electrical interference in the wiring, internet over powerline works on that concept, but kinda odd that it would do that

[kb5zue]

4 minutes ago, scarletwolf81 said:

I don't know if this is a common issue but I've been noticing that my older speakers/sub have been picking up audio from another source. I live in older apartments with shitty outlets, and every once and a while I hear audio from a show or something playing quietly over my speakers even when the tv they are hooked up to isn't on. I'm not saying it's static interference, I can literally hear and understand the commercials and tv shows, like it's bleeding through the outlets somehow. It's done this on multiple outlets and I want to know if there's anyway to stop it.

Try hunting down a decent toroid, (no, not hemroid), and putting that on the power cord.  Another, and easier thing to do, would be to make sure the ground on your pc power cord is actually working.  Also, how can the tv that is not turned on produce sound?  I would venture to guess that you are living in an older building or house and the outlets in the walls are not properly grounded.  I have a little tool that I can plug in the wall and it has three little lights on it.  Plug it into the wall outlet and it will tell me if the outlet is wired correctly and it has a proper ground.

 

Another thing you can try is putting a toroid on your speaker leads.  That may also help.

 

[kb5zue]

14 minutes ago, kb5zue said:

Try hunting down a decent toroid, (no, not hemroid), and putting that on the power cord.  Another, and easier thing to do, would be to make sure the ground on your pc power cord is actually working.  Also, how can the tv that is not turned on produce sound?  I would venture to guess that you are living in an older building or house and the outlets in the walls are not properly grounded.  I have a little tool that I can plug in the wall and it has three little lights on it.  Plug it into the wall outlet and it will tell me if the outlet is wired correctly and it has a proper ground.

 

Another thing you can try is putting a toroid on your speaker leads.  That may also help.

 

Ya know, after reading your post again a couple of times, I would be willing to bet the outlets in that building are NOT properly grounded.  Just a gut feeling.