Buzzing with extrnal speakers

Hi everyone,
I have the following problem with my brand-new macbook (with leopard on it).
I connected 2 pairs of external speakers to the headphone jack via a Y-adapter. Everything seemed to work fine when I suddenly started to hear a buzz from all of my speakers. As soon as I turn on any sound (itunes or even the "click" sound when changing the volume) the buzz disappears. After no sound being played for about 5 seconds, the buzz reappears. It seems to me like the macbook "turns off" the sound output a few seconds after no sound is played, as the buzz sounds the same as the buzz you have when you plug the jack out of the source.
Strangely, when I plug in just one pair of speakers (without the Y-adapter) the speakers are silent without a buzz.
Does anyone have an idea where I can change an option for automatically turning off the sound output?

Having the same problem here. Seems to be that when the sound output is idle, the buzzing starts. I have to unplug my speakers from my MacBook every night.
It seems as though this problem has come and gone with different updates. Definitely seems like a software issue.

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