Mac Mini Audio Trouble Options

[JBeat]

I'm a first-time Mac user, and first-time poster on this site. After spending way too many years fighting Windows PC's, I finally made the switch and picked up a $599 Mac Mini w/512MB of RAM. As I've heard many say before, I'll never go back, I'm already a Mac fanatic after two weeks! I love everything about the Mac, especially Garageband, however, I'm getting a buzz when my speakers are plugged into the headphone jack. I've tried several sets of speakers, with the same result. If I keep the volume of the speakers very low, I can't hear the buzz, but I have to max out the Macs volume, and sometimes it's not quite loud enough. It's frustrating because I have a Creative 2.1 system with subwoofer, but I can't cut it loose on my tunes. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks.
JBeat

[editbrain]

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that is so funny....

but he is right. I have just had the absolute worst luck with apple power supplies being faulty. it took 4 G5's to get one that worked.
guitar cables, monitors can contribute to the hum/bzz. but i think that you are more inclined to have the problem the whole time you have used your computer not just all of a sudden if it were monitor/guitar/or ground loop.

one thing to think about also is that if you are using a heavy plug and it is pulling down on the connector you will get a buzz from the jack. happens in my powerbook if i use a heavy cable and it pulls down on the jack from hanging i get a bzz. also the cdrom on my powerbook makes noise through the headphone out jack sometimes. this is again due to the power distribution of apples computers.