is crosstalk(if i'm using the term correctly) normal with cheaper earphones?

[heisenbrg]

I recently bought Sony EX110AP and they sound great otherwise, but if I play an audio clip that separates the channels, like if the left channel is playing, i'll hear it in my right earbud (although it's faint). Left earbud plays left channel sound clearly. When the right channel is playing, the right earbud plays the right channel sound clearly but I'll also hear the same sound in my left earbud (again, very faintly). I have to crank up the sound a bit to hear it but it's audible.

Is this a problem or a feature? I've tried two headphone audio sources, same results.

 

[buke9]

Would depend on the track. Are you sure there is nothing going to the other side that you should not hear?

 

[heisenbrg]

Would depend on the track. Are you sure there is nothing going to the other side that you should not hear?

audio source is here:
i don't not hear any crosstalk on my Sennheiser HD580. I do hear the same crosstalk on another cheaper NVX earbud. I can't be the only one with two cheap earbuds with the same crosstalk issues.

 

[heisenbrg]

So I stand corrected. The two headphone audio sources I tried were garbage. One was a moto g first gen and the second was a crappy headphone out on the back of the monitor. Tried the earphones on a HTC phone and no crosstalk.

Wow, and I was thinking that the earphones were bad.

Thanks anyway for your help.

Would depend on the track. Are you sure there is nothing going to the other side that you should not hear?

 

[buke9]

No problem glad you figured it out.