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thehybridfrog
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I'm having a weird issue that I thought was isolated to my old headset (Corsair USB H1) that would happen every once in a while, maybe 20% of my games.
Cutscenes and menu sounds would cause crackling in my headset at every volume. The crackling was always kind of loud and would increase in frequency if there was a lot of sound playing in cutscenes.
I have since moved on to a clip-mic and now I use AKG-K701 through Fiio e7+e9 connected via USB. I thought for sure this would have solved my problems.
Wrong! Now the audio crackles at all volumes (sometimes). I'm still getting the crackling in Alice: Madness Returns and Metro 2033 menu and cutscene sections. Weirdly I tried several other games and those are the only 2 with the crackling.
Googling the problem did not help, complaints range from specific headsets (Logitech G930 commonly) to specific games but not this problem in general.
So [H]ardforum, what's the problem? I should mention that when I connect via 3.5'' or use my speakers (Z623 connected by 3.5'' to my motherboard) I do not get any crackling. Is there something about using USB audio that I am not aware of?
Cutscenes and menu sounds would cause crackling in my headset at every volume. The crackling was always kind of loud and would increase in frequency if there was a lot of sound playing in cutscenes.
I have since moved on to a clip-mic and now I use AKG-K701 through Fiio e7+e9 connected via USB. I thought for sure this would have solved my problems.
Wrong! Now the audio crackles at all volumes (sometimes). I'm still getting the crackling in Alice: Madness Returns and Metro 2033 menu and cutscene sections. Weirdly I tried several other games and those are the only 2 with the crackling.
Googling the problem did not help, complaints range from specific headsets (Logitech G930 commonly) to specific games but not this problem in general.
So [H]ardforum, what's the problem? I should mention that when I connect via 3.5'' or use my speakers (Z623 connected by 3.5'' to my motherboard) I do not get any crackling. Is there something about using USB audio that I am not aware of?
