Sounds to me like you have a ground loop. You can get something called a 'ground breaker' for your CATV cable. It will break the ground loop which causes 60Hz humming in your speakers. The reasoning is this: There is no 'perfect' ground, so each major circuit has its own. Your CATV ground may be located 200 meters away from your home, but your AC ground is about 5 meters away. If there is a very small difference in the voltages, you have a circuit, and the most noticeable result is 'speaker hum.' I have noticed this in many houses. If you ever install car radios, you will see it there, too. Same reason. Chris > > >The soundcard is a soundblaster PnP 16. I've tried both outputs, the > >speaker out and the line out with the same results. I originally had it > >plugged into the speaker out. On the stereo end I have it plugged into > >the VCR input, which is where I had it before also. The connecters are -- Chris Louth - [log in to unmask] - Omegan Adept Dragon -=UDIC=- ICQ UIN: 1553228 _\|/_ S'imr-Li on UO Pacific Canadian, and proud of it! /|\ Ultima Online Charter Member