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Getting read of headphone hiss from integrated sound? Bose Triport headphones.

post #1 of 9
5/14/06 at 3:24pm
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I just got some Bose Triports yesterday and I'm loving them on my desktop with an X-fi Extrememusic, but my M170's integrated sound has a constant background hiss that's quite noticable at higher volumes with the headphones.

Is there a way to eliminate this or do I have to get the Audigy 2 ZS, or whatever the mobile one is?


Thanks.
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post #2 of 9
5/14/06 at 3:24pm
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Er, that should be "Getting RID of headphone hiss" not read. lol.
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post #3 of 9
5/14/06 at 3:37pm
Im pretty sure your not going to get rid of it using just the intergrated sigmatel chip. It isnt exactly a high end component.

Im sure someone (hopefully) with an Audigy 2zs PCMCIA card will chime in and let you know if it makes a difference in background white noise.
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post #4 of 9
5/14/06 at 8:17pm
Upgrading to the Audigy2 ZS PCMCIA card will definately help with the background hiss problem.

(yes I do own the ZS).
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post #5 of 9
5/14/06 at 9:56pm
It's the headphones , not really, but Bose headphones are terrible and the integrated card causes hiss. The better the headphone the more noticable it will be.
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post #6 of 9
5/15/06 at 1:47am
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lol, I love these things. There's no hiss with my X-fi.

I guess i'll pick up a ZS eventually.
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post #7 of 9
5/15/06 at 8:50am
Yea my Sony Fontopia headphones had those background hisses as well when connected to the piece of crap integreted sound card , when connecting the headphones to the audigy 2 ZS notebook however the problem is solved... so yea the ZS is highly recommended
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post #8 of 9
5/15/06 at 1:16pm
The hiss gets quieter if the impedance rating of the headphones are higher. Higher quality headphones usually have higher impedance (harder to drive).
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post #9 of 9
5/15/06 at 1:47pm
Pick up a volume attenuator like this http://earphonesolutions.com/shpaleatfors.html

It adds resitance and will get rid of the hiss. You can pick one up cheap at radioshack probably.
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