High pitched squealing from SBS

Ok, I purchased a set of these speakers yesterday (Sunday) and the front 2 speakers make a very high-pitched squealing sound. It's only happened today and I've switched the left peakers around and the sound persists. I has a set of Creative 2.0 speakers and they had no issues so what's going on? The sound card is a Sound Blaster Audigy SB394.

n&b,
What are the differences between the noises that the fan and the hard drive make?
Well if it's louder if you stick you ear near the vents that blow air out the back then it's probably the fan. If not HD.
You might post an audio recording of the noise.
Can you recommend a backup drive?
Well normally I'd send you here:
http://www.macsales.com/
But if your drive is dying you need to back up ASAP so go anywhere like BB:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8295196&st=st305004fda1e1&lp=1&typ e=product&cp=1&id=1172277308863
Richard
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