having major pobs with a usb box, when I plug my phones straight into it sounds like theres a big chunk of lo end missing but when I plug em into the laptop sounds fine.
Just wondered if people have a extra amp between sound card and headphone, coz when I plug some crappy powered desktop speakers into the box it sounds fine again I'm going mad with this help please
general audio probs
a usb soundcard that sounds worse than a built-in laptop jack?
Either you have the worlds crappiest soundcard...
or maybe the headphones aren't making the best connection. Can you actually hear stuff in stereo? Double check by hard panning a sound Left and Right.
If you are listening in mono... try jiggling the input jack around to improve the connection/sound.
(if your crappy speakers sound the same on the USB sourdcard versus the laptop out jack, it probably means that the problem lies in your headphones somehow.... or that your crappy laptop speakers dont reproduce any of that BASS you are hearing in the headphones....)
Either you have the worlds crappiest soundcard...
or maybe the headphones aren't making the best connection. Can you actually hear stuff in stereo? Double check by hard panning a sound Left and Right.
If you are listening in mono... try jiggling the input jack around to improve the connection/sound.
(if your crappy speakers sound the same on the USB sourdcard versus the laptop out jack, it probably means that the problem lies in your headphones somehow.... or that your crappy laptop speakers dont reproduce any of that BASS you are hearing in the headphones....)
sorry should have listed what I have:
sony vaio laptop:
tascam us-144 usb box/card
sennheiser hd 212 pro
The tascam is OK when your listening it's just when I plug the phones into the laptop or when I plug the powered speakers into the tascam and plug the phones into them it's like you've just turned up the bass.
You know there's bass with the tascam it's just so low, so I compensate and when I test the tune on something else it's too loud.
sony vaio laptop:
tascam us-144 usb box/card
sennheiser hd 212 pro
The tascam is OK when your listening it's just when I plug the phones into the laptop or when I plug the powered speakers into the tascam and plug the phones into them it's like you've just turned up the bass.
You know there's bass with the tascam it's just so low, so I compensate and when I test the tune on something else it's too loud.
checked mono and it's fine can pan left and right.
Mage a recording out of the line out and thats fine, it's just the headphone output.
gonna record that and post tomrrow so you can hear what I'm going through, it's going from from a portable radio to a hi-fi system.
Out of interest how many peeps on here just use headphones pluged into a card without any knid of mixer or amp?
Mage a recording out of the line out and thats fine, it's just the headphone output.
gonna record that and post tomrrow so you can hear what I'm going through, it's going from from a portable radio to a hi-fi system.
Out of interest how many peeps on here just use headphones pluged into a card without any knid of mixer or amp?
I do, on two computers (desktop, laptop) and I've seen many other people do the same. Do other audio programs sound like crap through headphones? Take a look at the control panel - sound options to see if there's some kind of 'enhanced' audio setting for the headphones.aike wrote:Out of interest how many peeps on here just use headphones pluged into a card without any knid of mixer or amp?
Weird. What about that MON (monitor) knob.
Is it halfway between computer and line?
Also, when you plug the heeadphones directly into the computer, I assume you are plugging into a 1/8" mini jack.
While the Tascam soundcard, you are probably using a 1/8"-to-1/4" adaptor, then plugging into the 1/4" headphone jack.
In which case, try a different adaptor on your headphones
Is it halfway between computer and line?
Also, when you plug the heeadphones directly into the computer, I assume you are plugging into a 1/8" mini jack.
While the Tascam soundcard, you are probably using a 1/8"-to-1/4" adaptor, then plugging into the 1/4" headphone jack.
In which case, try a different adaptor on your headphones
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