Tunblor
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Hi guys,
I've done a lot of searching of the forums, and crackling with these two seems to be a relatively common issue (compared to other issues), however my problem has some differences that I think have eliminated the solutions I have found.
My problem is that listening to my HD650s through a docked E7+E9, I get a hiss and crackle randomly. If I pause the music and start it, around 20%-40% of the time the distortion stops completely, and the music becomes crystal clear; other times the distortion is reduced or stays the same. This can also happen if I reduce the volume to zero in VLC player and then raise it again. It stays clear for quite a long time (for as long as I'm listening: hours) sometimes, and comes back within the same song at other times. Essentially I've just been making do by pausing and restarting the music whenever the problem happens, but I'm sick of it.
I've tried playing with the bit and sample rates, audio drivers, making sure the E7 is docked correctly, switching gain modes, lowering volumes in windows, on the E7 and on the E9, and in VLC: all ineffective (except when going to zero, and then back up to 100% in VLC). I've tried the headphones on other sources, and they sound fine (my god was I panicking until I realised it wasn't them!) and the fact that the issue comes and goes through changing software settings (volume, pausing/resuming playback) suggests the issue isn't in the E7 or E9, gain settings, connections, music encoding or external interference. The problem exists in other lower impedance and higher sensitivity earphones too.
I'm using Windows 7, USB connected E7+E9, VLC media player (problem exists in YouTube as well, windows issue?) and listening to FLAC and mp3 files of various bitrates
In general I leave windows and VLC at 100%, and adjust listening volume on the E9, in order to ensure the full bit rate and resolution is going through to the DAC and amp; but the problem persists with dropped software volumes.
Does anyone have any ideas? If I've been unclear about anything, or if you want me to retest something, let me know!
Thanks in advance!
I've done a lot of searching of the forums, and crackling with these two seems to be a relatively common issue (compared to other issues), however my problem has some differences that I think have eliminated the solutions I have found.
My problem is that listening to my HD650s through a docked E7+E9, I get a hiss and crackle randomly. If I pause the music and start it, around 20%-40% of the time the distortion stops completely, and the music becomes crystal clear; other times the distortion is reduced or stays the same. This can also happen if I reduce the volume to zero in VLC player and then raise it again. It stays clear for quite a long time (for as long as I'm listening: hours) sometimes, and comes back within the same song at other times. Essentially I've just been making do by pausing and restarting the music whenever the problem happens, but I'm sick of it.
I've tried playing with the bit and sample rates, audio drivers, making sure the E7 is docked correctly, switching gain modes, lowering volumes in windows, on the E7 and on the E9, and in VLC: all ineffective (except when going to zero, and then back up to 100% in VLC). I've tried the headphones on other sources, and they sound fine (my god was I panicking until I realised it wasn't them!) and the fact that the issue comes and goes through changing software settings (volume, pausing/resuming playback) suggests the issue isn't in the E7 or E9, gain settings, connections, music encoding or external interference. The problem exists in other lower impedance and higher sensitivity earphones too.
I'm using Windows 7, USB connected E7+E9, VLC media player (problem exists in YouTube as well, windows issue?) and listening to FLAC and mp3 files of various bitrates
In general I leave windows and VLC at 100%, and adjust listening volume on the E9, in order to ensure the full bit rate and resolution is going through to the DAC and amp; but the problem persists with dropped software volumes.
Does anyone have any ideas? If I've been unclear about anything, or if you want me to retest something, let me know!
Thanks in advance!