For this week's blog i decided to use my Altec speakers and bass that i have in my room. There is one major design flaw that i have found to be very annoying while using the sound system over the last year. The power button is all the way in the back of the bass which i always have on the floor usually under a desk. This means that every time i want to turn the whole system on i have to crawl under the desk and reach behind the bass. I would choose to leave it on all the time instead of having this annoyance but when it is left on for too long a loud static noise begins to come out of the speakers while it is not in use. Even turning the volume all the way down to the lowest it can go does not stop the noise.
I have a couple solutions to this problem though. One solution would be to move the power button onto one of the speakers which i always have conveniently placed on my desk. This way i could turn off the system without even having to get up. I feel this would make the sound system a lot more desirable and usable. Another solution would be to have the system shut off when the volume knob is turned down as low as it can go. When the volume knob is currently turned to its lowest setting there is still some noise heard so it is not completely a "0" volume. I know some other volume knobs actually make a clicking feedback motion and have the power light turn off when turned all the way down and the volume gets completely shut off which would make the design of my speakers a lot better.
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