diodao
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Hi,
I hope I wont interrupt the flow of the thread, but I would like to raise a kind of technical question regarding my LCDs.
I have an audio track (Preludium from 2014 reissue of album Theli by Therion) where there come audio distortions from the left headphone since around 2/3 of the track till the end.
I can think of two options: either there is something wrong with the track, or there is something wrong with the left headphone itself. To decide which hypothesis is true I decided to simply swap audio channels and viola! When the right headphone plays left channel, no audio distortions come out of it. So my conclusion is that I encountered a defect in the left headphone itself.
I thus decided to RMA LCD-3 with my local re-seller and loaned from him LCD-2 in return for not insisting that RMA process must be completed in 30 days (we are from Europe). But there comes another twist to the story: borrowed LCD-2 exhibits the same behavior. Left headphone cannot handle the track without distortions, but when I swap channels, right headphone again handles left channel without problems. And now, to top things off, the re-seller called me that after some testing on his audio setup, both the left and the right headphone produces audio distortions. So his conclusion is that there is something wrong with the audio track itself.
So at this point, if possible, I'd like to ask the community for a feedback.
Could either me or the re-seller be just "hearing" things?
Could the testing difference be attributed to that the re-seller's setup is single-ended, while mine is balanced?
And finally, would somebody be willing or interested to test the track on his or hers LCDs (or any other headphones for that matter)?
If so, below are links to the track in two lossless formats (both files are 10 MB; audio distortions are from 1:05 onward).
Thanks in advance,
Martin
P.S. At this point, I have no doubt that the left headphone would produce the audio distortion, but I am currently at a loss as to what to make of the fact that upon channel swap (either SW or by physical exchange of CNC connectors), right headphone plays the left channel just fine on my setup (and I even tried disconnecting the left headphone entirely so that I eventually don't project the distortion just to it as was a suspicion of the re-seller).
I hope I wont interrupt the flow of the thread, but I would like to raise a kind of technical question regarding my LCDs.
I have an audio track (Preludium from 2014 reissue of album Theli by Therion) where there come audio distortions from the left headphone since around 2/3 of the track till the end.
I can think of two options: either there is something wrong with the track, or there is something wrong with the left headphone itself. To decide which hypothesis is true I decided to simply swap audio channels and viola! When the right headphone plays left channel, no audio distortions come out of it. So my conclusion is that I encountered a defect in the left headphone itself.
I thus decided to RMA LCD-3 with my local re-seller and loaned from him LCD-2 in return for not insisting that RMA process must be completed in 30 days (we are from Europe). But there comes another twist to the story: borrowed LCD-2 exhibits the same behavior. Left headphone cannot handle the track without distortions, but when I swap channels, right headphone again handles left channel without problems. And now, to top things off, the re-seller called me that after some testing on his audio setup, both the left and the right headphone produces audio distortions. So his conclusion is that there is something wrong with the audio track itself.
So at this point, if possible, I'd like to ask the community for a feedback.
Could either me or the re-seller be just "hearing" things?
Could the testing difference be attributed to that the re-seller's setup is single-ended, while mine is balanced?
And finally, would somebody be willing or interested to test the track on his or hers LCDs (or any other headphones for that matter)?
If so, below are links to the track in two lossless formats (both files are 10 MB; audio distortions are from 1:05 onward).
- FLAC: http://www.filedropper.com/01-preludium
- ALAC (in m4a container): http://www.filedropper.com/01-preludium_1
Thanks in advance,
Martin
P.S. At this point, I have no doubt that the left headphone would produce the audio distortion, but I am currently at a loss as to what to make of the fact that upon channel swap (either SW or by physical exchange of CNC connectors), right headphone plays the left channel just fine on my setup (and I even tried disconnecting the left headphone entirely so that I eventually don't project the distortion just to it as was a suspicion of the re-seller).
