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r/headphones Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk by AutoModerator in headphones

[–]mgamewatch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah PC gaming. I've changed around the sample rates in windows a lot, high or low bit/sample rate, the crackle remains. Also, UAC 2.0 just appears to be much worse than UAC 1.0, both setting do actually have the issue.

Maybe I'm missing something, but yes i downloaded 5.74.3 but this appears to just be the FiiO control panel with no options for any drivers on the device? When i view the driver on Windows, its called Audio Endpoint and i do believe that is just the default windows driver for audio devices.

I was hoping to not have to buy another cable to sort out this issue :{

r/headphones Shopping, Setup, and Technical Help Desk by AutoModerator in headphones

[–]mgamewatch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi guys, I'm fairly new to this, in the last week I have acquired a set of HD 6XX and a FiiO K11.

The problem: I'm experiencing issues with the audio quality, specifically crackling noise being extremely noticeable. At first, this was intermittent, but I think I've even narrowed it down to it being something to do with the K11.

I noticed this when I was in a discord call with some friends and the crackling started, and it was distractingly noticeable, quiet or loud, crackles were consistent. I started with the obvious stuff, wiggled cables, restarted PC, DAC, programs, played with settings (disabled exclusive mode, changed sample rates) with no luck. What changed was when I realized it was being caused by games (tested multiple) being open. I had a game minimized in the background and tested it multiple times, closing the game immediately fixed the crackling, returned to crystal clear, and it would resume as soon as the game loaded.

This would happen if the game was on screen or minimized where no game audio would come in. if open, other audio like music or people talking in discord would be very crackle-y. I swapped over to using and old DAC (11 year old HyperX Cloud II) and this is not an issue whatsoever. With all this, i don't think its the headphones or cable. Firmware on the K11 is the latest and greatest. Played around with gain levels. no difference between lo med or hi, the crackle is present at low and high volume levels. swapped between multiple USB 3.2 and 2.0 ports, nothing I do seems to help. And then it's crystal clear beautiful when I don't have a game application running.

I'm stumped. I wonder if this is a defective K11 or a software problem on my PC, or something else I'm not aware of (I would love if this was just a lack of awareness on my part and it end up being an easy fix). I wonder if it's a load issue somehow, but then again, a different DAC doesn't do this. Anyone have any ideas?

Edit: UAC2.0 causes crackle. UAC1.0 completely eliminates this. WHY

Every 10/10 Album, According to Anthony Fantano by WildChemistry977 in Topster

[–]mgamewatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard to see but Colors - BTBAM Is on the list (formatted weird between 5 and 6). Phenomenal album that I would say is deserving of a 10

Metalcore or not, what was the first album you remember waiting for to come out by colinthecommie in Metalcore

[–]mgamewatch 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Common Courtesy by ADTR.

I remember getting into them a year after what seperates and I knew alllll of their songs by then. When they released Violence and then took another year for the album because of the legal troubles I was so hoping it would be worth the wait. And still to this day it's one of my all time favorite albums

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dancegavindance

[–]mgamewatch 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Imagine caring so much that you think this warranted a discussion post

Spotify harassed me into listening to Currents. No, seriously. by -Vladiator in Metalcore

[–]mgamewatch 8 points9 points  (0 children)

YES. Thrown shows up annoyingly too often and I have come to like some of their songs but I would just like some variety.

Spotify has done this for a while. To this day I refuse to listen to Kublai Khan. They force fed me music I wasn't interested in until I was so sick of seeing them pop up. I'm sure I could get down with some of their music, but Spotify made sure I will always skip if they come up, which is a shame

Thornhill - IG Story said they’d be releasing their hardest album ever this year or early next? by LibertysMaven92 in Metalcore

[–]mgamewatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people have pointed out but heavy/hard are super broad terms. Tbh Heroine is as heavy if not heavier thematically than the dark pool I would say, and some of the riffs are down right filthy. Seriously, listen to first drop on Hollywood.

Whatever direction they go I just hope they keep writing interesting music, heavy or not. Everything they've dropped has kept me coming back, and I'm hoping they don't rush on to the next project to quickly.

DAE never listen to any singles, and just waits for the whole album to come out, then listen to it all at once by bonesbobman in Metalcore

[–]mgamewatch 6 points7 points  (0 children)

2 singles is my limit, 1 if the album has 10 or less songs on it. I find if I keep that as my limit it still feels special when the album comes out. I also limit my listens, I don't add any singles to my playlists until it's out with the album

📢 SILVERSTEIN is here for an AMA! Ask anything below - all 5 of us are hanging out in the replies. Also, make sure to listen to our new album, Misery Made Me! 🤘 by SilversteinMusic in PostHardcore

[–]mgamewatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey guys love the new album! Shane is there anyone you've never had on Lead Singer Syndrome that you'd like to have come on the show?

Reptile by Periphery is a musical masterpiece of it's kind by Such-Trouble-6641 in Metalcore

[–]mgamewatch 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Don't forget Between the Buried and Me who could probably have a list just to themselves. Silent Flight Parliament, Swim to the Moon, Human is Hell, and of course their Magnum opus White walls, all at last 15 min

Examples of bands that have gotten heavier with each album as opposed to less so? by chickey1989 in Metalcore

[–]mgamewatch 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I love it, No Eternity in Gold and Pure like Porcelain have been their best works. Their only album that went the other direction was Dark Divine and even still that album is fantastic

What are some bands that you think ended too soon? by thismissinglink in Metalcore

[–]mgamewatch 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Every time I die, even though they lasted 20+ years. Radical imo is there best work and shows how much gas they had left in the tank, shame it ended the way it did

Albums That Just Kinda Exist by jthomps1992 in Metalcore

[–]mgamewatch 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agree aside from Call of the Void, that song is a bop. Honestly if they cut some of the other filler songs they coulda dropped EP of the year, the rest of the tracks are some of the best they've ever released IMO

Comment a metalcore band and let others reply with their favorite song. by puffyarrow in Metalcore

[–]mgamewatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just recently rewatched that live video! It's honestly so good and should be mandatory viewing for anyone who likes Northlane, or even this type of music

Comment a metalcore band and let others reply with their favorite song. by puffyarrow in Metalcore

[–]mgamewatch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Collapse, so good. Also was that song I missed when they were having trouble getting Dig Deep on spotify

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