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the ones you guys recommended. i got the sony mdr 7506. at first i was super amazed at the quality. i am still finding new things in songs that i have never heard before. but there is a problem. there is a frequency that happens, its when a bass (not a kick) sound happens, and then there are other sounds happening over top of it, it distorts. is it supposed to do this? it happens with my other crappy old headphones and my crappy speakers as well, but i thought that was just because they were crapping out from getting old. but it is doing it with these too. so i dont get it, i dont think its the music because i am listening to 320 stuff. |
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its not like im turning it up too loud, cause i can still hear the distortions (little clipping sounds) on low volume. |
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nevermind. i just discovered that this problem only happens when i am listening to music on my computer, doesnt happen on the ipod. woopsa daisie. maybe i should get one of those headphones amp things. |
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headphone amplifier.. interesting |
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yeah but theyre ultra expensive. i wish things would be simple. i wish you could just buy a sweet pair of headphones and have it over with. you always have to get all this extra crap. URGH |
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is ur computer desk-top or lappy? if its laptop try listening with the laptop running on batteries not pluged in.... if that solves it its an earthloop or somesuch. |
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once you find the solution to your problem try making the best out of your new heaphones w/o spending any extra. |
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if its showing up in low volume your software is clipping the music. what mp3 player are you using? check both volume and any equalizers. also if you use vlc note that when the volume is at max it's 400% so you want to turn the slider down to a quarter (obvs) of that. |
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OK... First of all - it's really too bad you got the Sonys. I'm just saying - you could have gotten much better for your money. Second, a headphone amp won't fix this. This sounds like a sound source issue. Upgrade your sound card, or purchase an external sound interface (like a MOTU or M-Audio) if you have a laptop. In a lot of the music we listen to, transients and low-end are greatly exaggerated in recordings for aesthetic effect. It's likely that when you hear these overtones (square wave distortion, perhaps?) you're merely experiencing your software being unable to provide enough headroom for the sounds you're trying to play. Is your sampling rate at a weird setting in your audio playback software? It should be at least 44.1k, but I would recommend going to 96 if you can. Some soundcards can play back audio at a bitrate beneath 16. Check your preferences and make sure you're not monitoring at a ridiculously low bitrate. |
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hey trout what could i have gotten better for the money? i looked at the sennheisers and shures and the reviews and its general consensus that the sonys are best! couldnt find anything else less than 150 dollars that suited me. |
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I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but I know that some of my songs sounded crap, like fuzzy, when I listened to them with my new , ref grade headphones. I think it was cos the production values were shit and it took good audio equipment to see this. Not sure if this helps, but I hope you get it sorted- it's horrible to spend a lot of money, then not have your device work as you expected. :( Good luck! |
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thanks yeah its fine i am just listening to my choons on the ipod instead of the comp. cause like i said the problem only happens when i am listening to stuff through that. |
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do you actually own a computer? |
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You can use a sinewave tone generator to determine at what frequency the resonance is occurring. Then you can try to adjust the volume level to see if it goes away. It could be that your computer has a louder output so that the resonance is obvious, whereas your portable mp3 player cannot achieve the same output level, so cannot sustain an oscillation in the headphones. The solution is probably to turn down the volume. An amplifier won't help. The problem is not due to ground loops. Don't buy any new sound equipment, it's not down to some squarewave nonsense. It's worth checking your computer's EQ settings to ensure the frequency response is flat. If you've enabled bass boost or manually tweaked things, these problems can occur. Alternatively, perhaps your mp3 player is EQ'd and your computer is flat? |
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what would you recommend? i've heard sony mdr 7506's are excellent reference headphones. |
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