Questions tagged [headphones]
Questions about using headphones with your computer.
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Bad sound through bluetooth headphones
I have a problem with the sound quality of a pair of Acoustic CHP600BT Solutions Bluetooth Headphones - Black.
When I connect these headphones to my phone (Samsung S2 plus), the sound quality is ...
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Bluetooth Headphones sound terrible on Mac OS X?
I got a pair of Plantronics bluetooth headphones. Work great with my iPhone. Sounds terrible with my Mac, cuts out, sounds choppy, sounds mono to me. A co-worker tells me he has the same problem.
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How can I get the battery level of my Bluetooth headphone over a Windows PC?
I am talking about headphones that can send GATT Battery Service data over the Bluetooth connection.
I get the battery levels natively on Android and iOS devices without any additional software, as ...
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How do I force single (only) channel audio in youtube/flash videos to play in both (left/right) channels?
Occasionally, I find Youtube videos that have only one audio channel (only left or only right); example video (left channel only).
This is quite annoying, especially with headphones on, as I hear ...
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Are USB headphones/headsets inferior to regular ones?
Some headsets use an USB connection instead of connecting to the motherboard's regular audio output jack. Does that make them inferior in any way to other headsets? What about USB 2.0?
I'm looking for ...
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3.5mm Analog Audio vs. Bluetooth Audio Quality
I want to buy a wireless Bluetooth headset, but I am worried about the sound quality when it's connected via Bluetooth. All other things being equal (e.g. the quality of the headphones themselves is ...
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How to get headphones and speakers working at the same time?
I have a Gigabyte P55-UD3 motherboard which comes with a Realtek sound card and audio header for the front panel. My headset is permanently connected to the front panel (mic in, headphones in) and I ...
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Earbuds vs. on-ear vs. over-ear headset in Windows 10
When I plug headphones into my Windows 10 laptop, the system asks me what I installed, and particularly, whether the headphones are "earbuds", "on-ear" or "over-ear".
I was not sure exactly what to ...
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How do I keep my bluetooth headphones from connecting to my windows 10 machine when it's connected to my phone?
My laptop (running Win10) repeatedly "steals" the bluetooth connection for my headphones while they're connected to my phone. The only way I've been able to prevent the headphones' connection from ...
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Headphone volume is way too loud in windows 10 even with an external usb sound card [duplicate]
I have a pair of Bose QC2 headphones and the volume is WAY too loud in windows on all jacks:
I have tried the following jacks:
speaker out on back of motherboard
headphone out
external USB sound ...
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Bluetooth headphones - "Uncheck Handsfree Telephony profile" did not work
I just bought the Sony MDR-XB950BT and it works amazingly with my iPhone, but when I connect it to my laptop the sound is like an old radio! I searched for solutions but nothing fixed it!
The ...
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Bluetooth handsfree better quality
Is it somehow possible to get better audio quality sound when Bluetooth headphones are on hands-free mode? When it is audio only, sound quality is good (16-bit 44 kHz) but when I talk through the ...
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Bad sound quality of 3.5mm headphone with mic on laptop
I have a set of headphones that have a built-in mic for hands-free calling. They work great on my Sony Ericsson Cedar cellphone.
The problem is that when I connect headphone to my Dell N5010 laptop ...
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Connected Bluetooth Headphones don't appear as Playback device in Windows 10
I've been struggling with this for a while. Updated all drivers I could, no luck. Headphones connect and pair successfully, appear in manager, show all services correctly, but don't appear as a ...
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How can I lower the volume of my USB headphones?
Yes, I really am asking how to turn down the volume. But first, some more detail:
My headphones are http://www.edimensional.com/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=122
They are really loud. I ...
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