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Buzz Kill - stopping iPhone GSM speaker noise

Every GSM cellphone user is familiar with the annoying Bzzzhtzttt noises that tend to emanate from random electronics anywhere you take your device. The iPhone is no exception, but the problem is exacerbated since most people have it sitting on their desk with a speaker close by playing music at reasonable amplification. It sucks.

Mac Life has a solution that may work for you. Just yank the ferrite beads from an old usb cable—they are inside the plastic bulge near one end of most cables—and place them around or taped in-line with your speaker cable. There are a few stories of success with this method, and nobody has mentioned an impact on audio quality, so it's a cheap fix that's worth a shot.

iPhone Buzz Kill

Posted by Jason Striegel | Jul 31, 2008 08:32 PM
Mobile Phones, Music, iPhone | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Posted by: Bob on August 2, 2008 at 8:22 PM

Buzz Kill

Take a look at www.stopthebuzzin.com Simple product to eliminate the gsm buzz.

Posted by: Meeeee on August 7, 2008 at 6:34 PM

Well, they're ferrite beads...

Why would they do something to sound quality? They block frequencies way higher than audio only (which seem to affect the speaker amps and/or sound card)