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Sound engineers of the world, unite... and help me out while you're at it!
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| Lira |
I really don't know why I insist, but some months ago I bought another Sony Mp3 player and, after a few blissful months with no problems at all, something very strange happened.
One day, the socket where I insert the jack of the headphones started to behave very awkwardly. No matter what headphone I used, depend on how I twist it, it either sounds normal or it suddenly cancels all waves that sound alike in both channels. For example, if I'm listening to a mono recording (so both channels play the same thing) and I rotate the jack in there, depending on the position it simply mutes. If, however, apply one of those "stereo separation" filters and invert the waves in just one channel (so the left channel becomes the opposite of the right channel), the problem almost disappears (it still sounds funny at times, and my guess is that it still sounds a bit quirky because the waves need to cross one another multiple times every second.
Any idea of why that may be happening? It makes no sense to me! Does it to you? :p |
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| FuzzQi |
It's because you're listening to minimal :p
Actually, no idea what's going on there |
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| Lews |
| Good fix on the title :p |
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| Lira |
I figured this one would attract the target audience more easily :D
| quote: | Originally posted by FuzzQi
It's because you're listening to minimal :p |
:toothless
Actually, I listen mostly to lectures and audiobooks. I just tried to do that to "The Streets - You're Fit But You Know It" but even though it sounds way better after applying the filter, the sound is still a bit muffled and the clap/snare drum sounds like a teenage r2d2 yelling at the world full of ire and angst.
Fun stuff. |
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| Sushipunk |
| Marcus, I'm sad to say that your next course of action should probably be to start shopping around for a new mp3 player :p Sounds to me like the wiring/connection for the headphone jack is busted, and likely won't get any better over time. Either that, or some random from your pocket and made it's way into the hole, and is ing with things? Try blowing it! :gsmile: |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Marcus, I would have to say that your next course of action should be to start shopping around for a new mp3 player :p Sounds to me like the wiring/connection for the headphone jack is busted. |
Is it unfixable? Why did this happen!? This player is barely 6 months old :sadgreen: |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Is it unfixable? Why did this happen!? This player is barely 6 months old :sadgreen: |
See ninja edit! |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
See ninja edit! |
I think this is more likely to be the case. How can I clean it? I just blew it and nothing happened... can I try to clean it with alcohol? I don't know how you're supposed to clean this stuff. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Sounds to me like the wiring/connection for the headphone jack is busted, and likely won't get any better over time. |
this
| quote: | | Try blowing it! :gsmile: |
and this:gsmile: |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I think this is more likely to be the case. How can I clean it? I just blew it and nothing happened... can I try to clean it with alcohol? I don't know how you're supposed to clean this stuff. |
I'm not too sure :( I don't think I'd recommend sticking anything in there that wasn't meant to be stuck in there though.
That sounded way dirtier than I intended :/ |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
I'm not too sure :( I don't think I'd recommend sticking anything in there that wasn't meant to be stuck in there though.
That sounded way dirtier than I intended :/ |
lies. you meant it and you know it! |
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