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audio input hub thingy?

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Gabe3

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I got some interference noise coming from my headphones. pretty sure its from the logitech speaker hub thing I plug them into. if I plug directly into my motherboard it goes away. but then I would have to swap the cables back in for my speakers which are 5.1. I hardly ever use them though. my mobo has a Optical SPDIF Out Port as well as the 3.5 ports that I currently use. if there was something I could keep 2 pairs of headphones plugged into and flip a switch between the 3 when I want, that would be nice.
 
This or one of the many variants listed on the same item page:

https://www.amazon.com/Nobsound-Audio-Switcher-Headphone-Selector/dp/B07Q1W4484/

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so I got a new male to female 3.5mm cable and its still making the static sounds. I first thought it was the logitech hub causing it. so guess the onboard jack is crap. tried cleaning with a cutip and also blew it out with air compressor, didn't change a thing.

now do I buy a new sound card like this one: https://us.creative.com/p/sound-cards/sound-blaster-audigy-fx

or maybe I can get some Optical SPDIF cable that goes from pc coverts into a 3.5 to plug into my headphones
 
I've had the one noted for a few months now. I spent a lot of time here and a few other forums getting recommendations, and as noted, this was the highest rated "cheap" unit that I found.

I'm sure there are numerous other options available, many of them likely cheaper, which may work perfectly fine for you. But I like to buy items once whenever possible. So I spend time doing research at places I trust and purchase accordingly.

Good luck.
 
I ordered the k1 today. it has the same dac as the e10k but a weaker amp. so the noise I hear in my headphones is the cpu. I went into control panel power plans and switched to balanced and the sound is gone. I always have it on high performance. which clocks the cpu to max. I had issues with online videos stuttering in the past. so I switched to to high performance and pretty much left it there since.
 
Gabe3 said:
I ordered the k1 today. it has the same dac as the e10k but a weaker amp. so the noise I hear in my headphones is the cpu. I went into control panel power plans and switched to balanced and the sound is gone. I always have it on high performance. which clocks the cpu to max. I had issues with online videos stuttering in the past. so I switched to to high performance and pretty much left it there since.
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Just for reference its not the CPU itself likely, but the power draw that causes the audio distortion.
 
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k1 working well so far. no static and audio seems a little more natural sounding. I notice it more with gaming than music I think. with my onboard audio I kept windows volume at 76, with this I had to turn it to down to 29.
 
Guidelines I follow is to set maximum output if it is a software based output (like a computer) to avoid bit depth reduction and use the amp to adjust it down to a reasonable level.
 
Spartacus09 said:
Guidelines I follow is to set maximum output if it is a software based output (like a computer) to avoid bit depth reduction and use the amp to adjust it down to a reasonable level.
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the k1 only has volume adjustment via windows
 
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