Let’s start with your computer speakers The job of your speakers is to amplify sound, so any sound that is introduced to the speakers will be amplified Typically, the sound that is to be amplified is supplied to the speakers via the wire that connects into your computer’s audio output
The type of cell phone and the type of computer speakers that you have will both have a dramatic impact on this noisy irritation You may notice (especially after reading this column) that not all cell phones create the crackling, pulsing noise and not all computer speakers will pick up the interference generated by some cell phones. With all of the wonderful electronics in our lives, on occasion they clash with each other and what you are experiencing is the clash between your cell phone and your computer’s speakers. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting. This question was answered on July 31, 2008. If I shut the speakers off, the sound stopped, or was that coincidental? Why does my cell phone create a sound like static interference when it is laid near the speakers and the monitor on my desk? Off and on all morning I could hear the interference come and go.
