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Crackling sound in right headphones
Hello. I would like to start this off with saying that this is NOT a hardware issue I am having. If I switch headsets, the crackling persists in the right side. Using headsets on a different device, ...
Hi there Hope,
A quick follow up to your situation because i think that mine is quite similar and more agressive.
Difference is that i don't use integrated sound card but and external headphone amplifier which is the Xduoo TA-10R, after some hours of music/gaming i started having the same issue as you so crackling in the right ear then then the right ear stopped working at once. This damaged my favorite headphones (Audeze LCD-X).
Tried the same thing on cheaper headphones exactly the same symptoms and scenario.
Lastly, i plugged out the headphone amplifier and replaced it by an external sound card (Focusrite scarlett 2i2) Exactly the same symptoms so i broke 3 headphones in total.
This cannot be a hardware issue at all since i borrowed another headphone amplifer and got the same symptoms.
Tried the amplifier's' and headphones on a MAC, no issues at all, everything is working perfectly with 0 issues.
My desktop pc is quite a top notch machine rog 790 dark hero, 14900K CPU, 1600W PSU etc..
I am 100% positive that there is an issue with how windows handles the sound output since i'ts been 3 amplifers against 1 windows 11 machine.
Sadly i cannot analyse how the sound management system works on windows but i am 100% positive that the issue comes from windows.
Contrary to you, i have speakers plugged in to the realtek integrated card, and no issues at all.
This is weird and i suppose that it should be investigated properly and not win a naive answer like "check your drivers".
Please reply if you got a solution 🙂
A quick follow up to your situation because i think that mine is quite similar and more agressive.
Difference is that i don't use integrated sound card but and external headphone amplifier which is the Xduoo TA-10R, after some hours of music/gaming i started having the same issue as you so crackling in the right ear then then the right ear stopped working at once. This damaged my favorite headphones (Audeze LCD-X).
Tried the same thing on cheaper headphones exactly the same symptoms and scenario.
Lastly, i plugged out the headphone amplifier and replaced it by an external sound card (Focusrite scarlett 2i2) Exactly the same symptoms so i broke 3 headphones in total.
This cannot be a hardware issue at all since i borrowed another headphone amplifer and got the same symptoms.
Tried the amplifier's' and headphones on a MAC, no issues at all, everything is working perfectly with 0 issues.
My desktop pc is quite a top notch machine rog 790 dark hero, 14900K CPU, 1600W PSU etc..
I am 100% positive that there is an issue with how windows handles the sound output since i'ts been 3 amplifers against 1 windows 11 machine.
Sadly i cannot analyse how the sound management system works on windows but i am 100% positive that the issue comes from windows.
Contrary to you, i have speakers plugged in to the realtek integrated card, and no issues at all.
This is weird and i suppose that it should be investigated properly and not win a naive answer like "check your drivers".
Please reply if you got a solution 🙂