Blown Speaker

[xxyzz]

Turns out is was the sound card, it is a known issue with soundblaster/creative labs. You can use there autoupdate feature to see if you need any undates. They do not guarantee this will fix the problem but it did for me.

[bobcox- with the Lord]

sometimes when your speakers crackle and hiss all you have to do is remove the basket and clean out all the dirt that seem to aculmlate there, this is very true with peavey black widow. bob