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Mint 22 external speaker static (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by h3mlocke@lemm.ee to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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Hi there, linux noob here. I have managed to install Mint 22, dual boot with win11. Everything seems to be working great, except one small problem that keeps me from using mint.
Whenever my computer is not playing a sound, after about 6 seconds, my external speakers will start playing static until a noise is played (a song or even just pressing vol +/-).
I've searched around a bit, but haven't found anything to fix it so far. I've looked on Mint forums (and asked questions but probably did it wrong cuz nobody responded). I used GPT a bit and I think that might have been a mistake. I timeshifted back to revert any changes cuz it's scary.
I ended up getting the powersave mode to turn off in PulseAudio, but that didn't fix it either.
Any suggestions or ideas would be tremendously appreciated. I kinda just gave up for a bit and am back on windows, which is quite unfortunate, I'm sure you'll agree.
I'm on a Nitro AN515-58, let me know if any more info would be helpful.
Edit: The speakers are AC powered.

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[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Sounds like -something- is slowly cranking up the input gain trying to find a signal that's above the noise floor.

Some apps also have settings that will let you do things like that ... Audacious being one. ('Effects' section in 'Output' menu. It also has a 'Silence removal' setting that might help. ). You might try listening via different apps to see if the one you're using could be doing it.