So today I got my new pair of headphones, and like my earphones that I use for my phone, if plugged into my headphone jack of my PC fully it picks up the music but voices sound distorted. I know that if I slightly pull out the headphones out of the jack it fixes the sound, but I was wondering why sound is distorted on my PC if I plug anything into the headphone jack fully? Is this something I should be worried about and does it have any impact on the full potential of my headphones?
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So today I got my new pair of headphones, and like my earphones that I use for my phone, if plugged into my headphone jack of my PC [b]fully[/b] it picks up the music but voices sound distorted. I know that if I slightly pull out the headphones out of the jack it fixes the sound, but I was wondering why sound is distorted on my PC if I plug anything into the headphone jack fully? Is this something I should be worried about and does it have any impact on the full potential of my headphones?
I also had the same issue, the most likely case is that your PC headphone jack is broken.
I also had the same issue, the most likely case is that your PC headphone jack is broken.
Audio input jacks get loose over time OR the contact is dirty (which can happen certainly).
I'd give it a good blast of air back there and see if that doesn't help it - since you're getting distortion due to loss of contact.
I don't know if you're using on-board sound or a sound-card, but there *might* be a way to get into the jack itself and tighten it up manually - which is usually all that happens to bad audio-jacks, they've just gone loosey-goosey. Sometimes however the pins that secure it, or some bit of metal on the inside will break. If you want to get really fancy you can try soldering a new jack into place using any old 3.5mm audio jack you have and plugging it in. But that might be fairly complex if you've got metal casings to get through or its hard to work around the area (GPU in the way etc). One of the very most annoying things is that LOTS of new boards (particularly laptops) use an incredibly high number of pins to attach components like that - I assume specifically to dissuade the typical consumer from attempting to repair it themselves because each pin has to be melted and removed and then replaced.
If you try blowing the thing out and that doesn't fix it, and you're afraid to dig around inside the audio jack - you can get sound cards that fit in most profile desktop cases for like 30$ and that'll just be your new headphone jack lol. You will also possibly get better sound quality.
You could also buy a stereo to USB adapter for like 5$ and just plug your headset into USB. My only warning here is that you will need to be EXCEEDINGLY gentle with such a device as every single one I've used as crapped out in pretty short order (I am clumsy).
Audio input jacks get loose over time OR the contact is dirty (which can happen certainly).
I'd give it a good blast of air back there and see if that doesn't help it - since you're getting distortion due to loss of contact.
I don't know if you're using on-board sound or a sound-card, but there *might* be a way to get into the jack itself and tighten it up manually - which is usually all that happens to bad audio-jacks, they've just gone loosey-goosey. Sometimes however the pins that secure it, or some bit of metal on the inside will break. If you want to get really fancy you can try soldering a new jack into place using any old 3.5mm audio jack you have and plugging it in. But that might be fairly complex if you've got metal casings to get through or its hard to work around the area (GPU in the way etc). One of the very most annoying things is that LOTS of new boards (particularly laptops) use an incredibly high number of pins to attach components like that - I assume specifically to dissuade the typical consumer from attempting to repair it themselves because each pin has to be melted and removed and then replaced.
If you try blowing the thing out and that doesn't fix it, and you're afraid to dig around inside the audio jack - you can get sound cards that fit in most profile desktop cases for like 30$ and that'll just be your new headphone jack lol. You will also possibly get better sound quality.
You could also buy a stereo to USB adapter for like 5$ and just plug your headset into USB. My only warning here is that you will need to be EXCEEDINGLY gentle with such a device as every single one I've used as crapped out in pretty short order (I am clumsy).
I'd give it a good blast of air back there and see if that doesn't help it - since you're getting distortion due to loss of contact.
I don't know if you're using on-board sound or a sound-card, but there *might* be a way to get into the jack itself and tighten it up manually - which is usually all that happens to bad audio-jacks, they've just gone loosey-goosey. Sometimes however the pins that secure it, or some bit of metal on the inside will break. If you want to get really fancy you can try soldering a new jack into place using any old 3.5mm audio jack you have and plugging it in. But that might be fairly complex if you've got metal casings to get through or its hard to work around the area (GPU in the way etc). One of the very most annoying things is that LOTS of new boards (particularly laptops) use an incredibly high number of pins to attach components like that - I assume specifically to dissuade the typical consumer from attempting to repair it themselves because each pin has to be melted and removed and then replaced.
If you try blowing the thing out and that doesn't fix it, and you're afraid to dig around inside the audio jack - you can get sound cards that fit in most profile desktop cases for like 30$ and that'll just be your new headphone jack lol. You will also possibly get better sound quality.
You could also buy a stereo to USB adapter for like 5$ and just plug your headset into USB. My only warning here is that you will need to be EXCEEDINGLY gentle with such a device as every single one I've used as crapped out in pretty short order (I am clumsy).
Is it a 4-connector (headphone + mic) jack? Whenever I plugged one of those into the headphone jack of my Asus U7, the same happened, and I could fix it as well by pulling it back slightly.
If so, get one of these:
Is it a 4-connector (headphone + mic) jack? Whenever I plugged one of those into the headphone jack of my Asus U7, the same happened, and I could fix it as well by pulling it back slightly.
If so, get one of these:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/xX9V5W0.jpg[/img]
If so, get one of these:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/xX9V5W0.jpg[/img]
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