I hear Zzzzhhhh, Pshhhhh in my headphones

[DearS]

I bought some sony headphones today. the ex71's suggested on Linkwitz's site. they are pretty clear. although I keep hearing a shhh, zhhh, pshhh from the chraracters in my movies. high pitch noises also sound piercing. anyone have an ideal what it might be.

[jdybnis]

Probably the headphones are revealing distortion coming from your source equipment. What are you playing the movies on?

[DearS]

ah.....I was just thinking the same thing. I'm playing it off my pc. I lowered the volume a bit, and the issues seem to have gone away. :T

[maximumshow]

If you are playing the dvd off your computer the first thing I would say is that it's the internal noise of the computer itself. This is especially bad with onboard sound cards. It can be so bad that you will get sounds even when using the scroll feature on your mouse!

But as jdybnis said, we really need to know the components you are using.

EDIT: oops I was too late! what sound card are you running?

[DearS]

stock, integrated audio.


...any one willing to suggest a headphone amp around 50 bucks.

[jdybnis]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5577072663&category=88433

Never used it, but it fits the bill.

[maximumshow]

getting a good sound card will greatly help your situation, and eliminate almost all computer induced noise. As for headphone amps I can't really recommend any as mine run decently off of phantom power (if thats the proper definition ) from the front bay on my system

[JonMarsh]

Shame on you....

[jdybnis]

What, the ebay link? Actually I should have looked around more. I'm sure you can get a better deal somewhere else. That one looked good until I scrolled down and saw the $15 shipping charge.

[cjd]

Integrated audio on Intel boards is notorious for being absolutely completely uselessly noisy.

Aftermarket chipsets are quite often better, if not very good (but I have yet to find one that's up to doing speaker measurements... S/N is still only mid 80's on any I've tested)

For quality sound, look to an M-Audio board. Rev 5.1 is a good deal at ~$75.

C

[cadman]

The new soundblaster X-fi music

The new soundblaster X-fi music kicks butts much better than m-audio

http://www.soundblaster.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=208&product=14066

I have it connected in digital out on my rotel and sound better than my denon 3910.

http://pages.videotron.com/diloreto/

but I do agree that its better external cards
have fun

[DearS]

after reading the linkwitz site some more, I see that the headphones have a peak in response at 5.2k and perhaps above. I download an EQ online. not sure if it works as well as an convential active or passive type. but I think the sound has improved. this peak was likely the piercing I heard. but not the hiss in the voices.