D-NE10 hiss

[Bibi123]

Hello,
I have recently bought a Sony Atrac CD Walkman and there is a noticable hiss during silent passages even with the stock earbuds. I recall a post someone made in this forum about another recent (same generation as the ne10) Atrac CD Walkman and claimed that it had no audible hiss. Does anyone else with a unit of the same generation experience this? Is my unit defective in some way? Thanks.

 

[nismo96]

Are you using a Redbook CD, MP3 disc, or ATRAC3 disc? I'll try out all three kinds and post my experience here. BTW, I have the D-NE900.

Added...

Ok, I tried all three types of discs and there was no audible hiss.

 

[Bibi123]

I mainly use it to listen to audio CDs. Thanks for such a fast reply!

 

[pedxing]

Are you using an AC adapter to power up the device? Does the hiss occur while using batteries? Does the hiss continue if you pause the music?

If you are using an AC adapter, you might have unclean power. I had this problem at the previous apartment I use to live in.

Make sure the recording doesn't have hiss.

 

[Bibi123]

The hiss occurs whether I am using AC power or batteries. The hiss does not occur when paused. The hiss is there with every Audio CD and MP3 CD I have tried on the device so I think it is not the recording.

 

[adhoc]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bibi123 The hiss does not occur when paused.

shouldnt be your player's fault then.

 

[pedxing]

I have seen similar problems like this before with my EJ-915. Hitting the play button somehow causes hiss to occur. Hitting pause got rid of the hiss. I never figure out how to fix this problem.

If you can, try turning off the G Protection or set it at the lowest G Protection level. See if that works, but I doubt it will do much.

Otherwise I think you pcdp is defective.

 

[Bibi123]

Ok, I am now pretty damn sure the hiss is not from the recording. No matter what I do to the parametric EQ, it seems to have no affect on the hiss. Neither does changing the volume or G protection setting. In fact I can turn the volume all the way down to zero and hear no music at all but a constant hiss as long as it's "playing".

 

[pedxing]

It seems like to me that that your pcdp is introducing noise somewhere between the head and the output jack while playing back music.

If you can, you might want to try exchanging or buying a different pcdp and see if it still happens.

 

[D555]

If you're using headphones, try some headphones that are less sensitive, say 100db. Many of the new headphones are incredibly sensitive and efficient so that they sound loud with 5mw of input. The tradeoff is that they're so sensitive, residual noise (even with the volume turned way down) from the amps can be heard.