I have a wierd problem. Even when my earphones/speakers are muted, I still get a faint buzz/clicking/humming sound coming from them. Usually it is so quiet it is barely noticable. However, yesterday i replaced my iPod earphones with a new pair that cost me £35. ( i use earphones as i live in college halls, and to not wish to disturb by neighbours). Unfortunately, along with better sound quality, also comes unwanted sound. The problem is, that now i can hear this crackling noise all the time and it's driving me insane.
So i tried to find out more about the noise and this is what i found:
- Its definately not the earphones, they work fine with my iPod
- My computer has two sets of sound outputs, one at the front for just speaker/mic and one set at the back for speaker/mic/surround sound speakers etc. The noise is slightly louder if i use the jack at the front of the case.
- The crackling noise is always there, but it does get noticably worse at times of high cpu/gpu activity. It also randomly gets quite loud when im scrolling a webpage, or when i minimise/maximise an application.
Does anybody have an idea of what this could be?
I was thinking that it may be interference from my graphics card as when Im playing a game, not only does the sound become greater, but I can adjust the frequency of my monitor refresh rate to actually change the pitch and frequency of the clicking/humming noise. If that is the case, what can i do?
Random shot in the dark here -
My ipod earphones i believe have an impedence of 20+ ohms, whereas my near earphones have a rated impedence of 16ohms. Could this be the reason that the noise got louder, due to less impedence?. Would it then be possible to buy an earphone extension cable to slightly increase impedence ?
Many thanks
So i tried to find out more about the noise and this is what i found:
- Its definately not the earphones, they work fine with my iPod
- My computer has two sets of sound outputs, one at the front for just speaker/mic and one set at the back for speaker/mic/surround sound speakers etc. The noise is slightly louder if i use the jack at the front of the case.
- The crackling noise is always there, but it does get noticably worse at times of high cpu/gpu activity. It also randomly gets quite loud when im scrolling a webpage, or when i minimise/maximise an application.
Does anybody have an idea of what this could be?
I was thinking that it may be interference from my graphics card as when Im playing a game, not only does the sound become greater, but I can adjust the frequency of my monitor refresh rate to actually change the pitch and frequency of the clicking/humming noise. If that is the case, what can i do?
Random shot in the dark here -
My ipod earphones i believe have an impedence of 20+ ohms, whereas my near earphones have a rated impedence of 16ohms. Could this be the reason that the noise got louder, due to less impedence?. Would it then be possible to buy an earphone extension cable to slightly increase impedence ?
Many thanks