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Crackle/shuddering in Right Speaker and Headphones?
Hi,
I have KRK Rokit 5 monitors (about 4 years old) and Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 OHM) headphones (bought earlier this year). I'm hearing this crackling/shuddering sound in the right headphone and right monitor only during bassy bits. My volume level is fairly low. I'm not sure whether the problem is with my speakers and headphones (seems unlikely) or with my source material (which is high quality .wavs, not compressed mp3s). Any help identifying and fixing the problem would be hugely appreciated! Thanks so much, -Sarah |
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Crackle/shuddering in Right Speaker and Headphones?
On 1/21/2011 9:58 PM, Sarah wrote:
I have KRK Rokit 5 monitors (about 4 years old) and Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 OHM) headphones (bought earlier this year). I'm hearing this crackling/shuddering sound in the right headphone and right monitor only during bassy bits. Uh . . . what's the source that's feeding the headphones and speakers? A mixer? A sound card? An old AM radio? Whatever it is, I think it's broken. -- "Today's production equipment is IT based and cannot be operated without a passing knowledge of computing, although it seems that it can be operated without a passing knowledge of audio." - John Watkinson http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com - useful and interesting audio stuff |
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Crackle/shuddering in Right Speaker and Headphones?
Sarah wrote:
I have KRK Rokit 5 monitors (about 4 years old) and Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 OHM) headphones (bought earlier this year). I'm hearing this crackling/shuddering sound in the right headphone and right monitor only during bassy bits. What are they plugged into? My volume level is fairly low. I'm not sure whether the problem is with my speakers and headphones (seems unlikely) or with my source material (which is high quality .wavs, not compressed mp3s). Switch the left and right channel on the file, play it back again. Does the problem move to the left channel? If so, it's in the file. If not, it's in the playback system somewhere. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Crackle/shuddering in Right Speaker and Headphones?
Sarah wrote:
Hi, I have KRK Rokit 5 monitors (about 4 years old) and Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO (250 OHM) headphones (bought earlier this year). I'm hearing this crackling/shuddering sound in the right headphone and right monitor only during bassy bits. My volume level is fairly low. I'm not sure whether the problem is with my speakers and headphones (seems unlikely) or with my source material (which is high quality .wavs, not compressed mp3s). Any help identifying and fixing the problem would be hugely appreciated! Thanks so much, -Sarah Swap the channels (left & right) stage by stage, until the trouble moves to the other channel. As soon as it does, you have found the problem. |
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Crackle/shuddering in Right Speaker and Headphones?
Hi guys,
Thanks so much for the help. This is very useful. My apologies for not being more specific in my original email about my sound source - it's a 6-year-old US-122 audio/midi interface. Bill - good idea to swap the channels. I did so and found that the noise moved from the right headphone/monitor to the left one. I assume that this rules out a problem with the monitors, headphones or USB interface. So, as Scott suggests, the problem is probably my source material then, right? Thanks again, -Sarah |
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Crackle/shuddering in Right Speaker and Headphones?
Sarah wrote:
Hi guys, Thanks so much for the help. This is very useful. My apologies for not being more specific in my original email about my sound source - it's a 6-year-old US-122 audio/midi interface. Bill - good idea to swap the channels. I did so and found that the noise moved from the right headphone/monitor to the left one. I assume that this rules out a problem with the monitors, headphones or USB interface. So, as Scott suggests, the problem is probably my source material then, right? Thanks again, -Sarah Yes, if you swapped them right at the input. It must be the source signal. You can use this method everywhere along the signal processing path, however, in order to find out which of your units is bad. I had a problem with intermittant noise on one channel several years ago, so I swapped amplifiers, and a couple of weeks went by before the noise appeared again on the other channel, so I knew my amp was bad. But it took a while for it to show up. |
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Crackle/shuddering in Right Speaker and Headphones?
Sarah wrote:
Thanks so much for the help. This is very useful. My apologies for not being more specific in my original email about my sound source - it's a 6-year-old US-122 audio/midi interface. Bill - good idea to swap the channels. I did so and found that the noise moved from the right headphone/monitor to the left one. I assume that this rules out a problem with the monitors, headphones or USB interface. So, as Scott suggests, the problem is probably my source material then, right? Sounds like it. Try adding a 40 Hz highpass filter. Does that help it? --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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