[lmf22]

Have anyone tried their IEM (especially Shure) with in-store demo units? I'm curious whether those have the hiss/static. If they don't I probably have a defective one and I think I will call Apple and see if they will give me an exchange.

 

[pds6]

lmf22 says:
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If they don't I probably have a defective one and I think I will call Apple and see if they will give me an exchange.

The longer I play, the less happy I have become.

I don't think power, download and headphone should be all-in-one. I wonder if the new Samsung chip has anything to do with this.

 

[Kirium]

Has anyone else used the shuffle with UM2's at all??

I'm just wondering if they're just overly sensitive. I get shocking hiss straight out of my iMac with them and a discernable hiss out of the Shuffle. I get a little background hiss from my 5.5Gen iPod but nothing like I'm getting out of the shuffle...

Edit: Just tried the shuffle out with my DT990s(250ohm) and HD280 Pro (64ohm), neither of which exhibited any sort of hiss. Infact, with the 280Pro's, there was nothing but silence... I'm starting to think it's just very sensitive IEM's that are revealing the hiss and not a manufacturing defect.

 

[Pendergast]

Either with the Grado sr225 or the ety er4p I get absolutely no hiss.

Glad to have it.

 

[blessingx]

Here's a new article on the chips.

 

[pds6]

Kirium says:
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Has anyone else used the shuffle with UM2's at all??

I believe a did see another post.

I just fully charged and will let it play all night. Maybe take some of the sting out of the Shuffle.

 

[sno1man]

I think there must be some defective units out there.

My brother picked one up (his first ipod) and the first thing he observed with his was hiss and even worse a swirly staticy sound that was audible even in the music. He has shure E2c's by the way

He likes acoustic guitar and piano, and that is definitely noticeable with that type of music. Listening to Damein Rice was esepcially unpleasant.

It's definitely a hardware issue on his. As an experiment we MP3 gained down some songs to about 25% of normal volume and then played them back. It was like listening to an FM car radio.

He's going to swap it in the morning but i'm wondering what he will get.

If this is common, then 1st gen shuffles will go well on ebay

 

[lmf22]

I just came back from Best Buy to test their Shuffle with my Shure E4c. There is no hissing. It must be a defective batch. I will request warranty service on Apple's support website and hope I'll get a new one soon.

UPDATE: False alarm... Sorry about that. I went to the Apple Store and replaced it, but the same problem is still there. The Shuffle the salesman has on him also have the same hissing noise with my E4c. I think me not hearing the hissing with the Best Buy unit was because of the noisy store environment.

 

[yume]

Same here. Went to apple store to ask for an exchange. Seems like the other ones also has the same problem.

 

[pds6]

The sound on the new Shuffle is so bad I truly hope it is a defect. At low volume you can clearly hear the harmonic distortion. The distortion, hiss or whatever else you wish to call it does not abate when the music is playing.

 

[lipidicman]

So who is going to be the first to try it with one of these?
The HISSBUSTER.
http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...ght=hissbuster

Attenuates the hiss and the signals. But who needs the whole volume range with these sensitive IEMs that experience the most hiss?

I think apple need to build their own official unit

 

[ilovesocks]

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Originally Posted by lipidicman So who is going to be the first to try it with one of these? The HISSBUSTER. http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showt...ght=hissbuster Attenuates the hiss and the signals. But who needs the whole volume range with these sensitive IEMs that experience the most hiss? I think apple need to build their own official unit

Yes, yes - release a product to fix another product.

 

[lipidicman]

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Originally Posted by ilovesocks Yes, yes - release a product to fix another product.

I wouldn't regard it as a fix, but an adapter to extend the compatibility. We have headphones ranging from 16ohm - 300 ohm being used on this thread. Is it a wonder that we might need an adapter?

They could use an internal resistor and switch, but most people wont need it and it would drive the cost up, so I think a short cable with the hissbuster built into socket or plug would be great

 

[ilovesocks]

Ah, good point.

 

[$qwuzzy]

mine was just delivered.

this thing is crazy small!!!