i just picked up a pair of new heaphones (nothing special) and i seem to remember hearing/reading that playing music through the heaphones for a few hours at a relatively high volume helps to "burn in" the heaphones? is this right, or am i just talkin jibba-jabba?
Burn in is real enough but most people I know just let it happen naturally or leave music playing through them at relatively ordinary levels. I suppose that higher volumes would equal more stretching of the diaphrams... but I doubt it would dramatically speed up the burn in process.
does it really matter which type of music is playing or anything, or just as long as something is going through? (i'm thinking it doesn't matter)
i seem to be having a little problem. i tend to be getting some crackling/interference in the headphones and can't figure out why. i thought maybe my sound card was too close to another pci card, but there's nothing around it. any ideas?
As for the music, it doesn't really matter. Theoretically, you would want music that covers a broad frequency spectrum, but in reality it shouldn't make too much of a difference. As for the distortion, it could be a lot of different things ranging from EMI to driver issues. Have you tried the headphones with other equipment?
as far as the distortion goes, i've tried the headphones on other things (cd player, etc.) and i don't get it there, so should i try moving my sound card to a different pci slot?
if you want to re-install drives and stuff generally, sound cards have tons of drivers but try to move something else or try dusting it, dusty cards aren't happy cards
i'll try that, bruno, but what i can't understand is why i only get distortion from my headphones and not my regular speakers?
Is the output level on your soundcard set too high? (most people have it on max and wonder why things sound distorted ) or any equalizers `enhancing` the bass?
Hmm.... That is very odd. The only thing I can figure is that it could have something to do with different levels of impedence between the speakers and the headphones... The headphones might have a really high impedence while the speakers might have a really low one... But I've never heard of that happening before... very strange. I'd still check your system for oddly set EQs or other "enhancements" and re-install your drivers (never know, it might just go away...) Anyway, I'm going to keep thinking on this one and get back to you.
no, first thing i did was check the levels of the EQ and try messing with those to see if it helped at all. i'm thinking it might be driver-related now since my system's been having a lot of "quirks" (i've been having video card driver issues too). i'm hopin to get everything backed up and reinstall soon and i'll see if that does the trick...