Headphone buzzing on s4?

I just bought new Sony headphones,

Plugged them into my S4,

And there is like feedback buzzing or something going on, I have no idea what it is!

HELP!

Anyone have any ideas?


Thanks!

 

what kind of headphones are they to be exact.

check inside your headphone slot to see if anythings in there creating a disturbance between the connection. have you tested the headphones on other items to verify they are not the problem?

 

yes ive checked and those arnt the issues!

any ideas?

 

DJKilla,

Maybe OP thinks you got a crystal ball which tells you his exact headphone model? :lol:

 

The model is:

SONY stereo headphones MDR-V500DJ

 

Just got a pair of XONE XD2-53 headphones, and am having the same issue. This didn't happen with my Sony 700's (Which were great headphones until they broke and the pivot!)

Did you ever figure anything out around this?

 

headphone buzzing is not uncommon when using internal sound. it is usually caused by bus contention (due to things like video cards or drives) or an impedance mismatch (the headphone amplifier on the onboard soundcard isn't suitable to drive low-impedance, high-sensitivity headphones).

but it's rare to have buzzing issues on an USB audio interface such as the S4. i recommend contacting tech support about this issue. if you do, please report back here. i'd be curious to find out what's going on.

 

I tired different tech support and they don't know either! It still buzzes to this day, and i've had it for a year...i've just stopped using headphones to DJ

 

One final trick. Assuming that you're in the US, try an adapter on the power cable to just use the two power prongs instead of the third grounding prong.

The adapter that I'm referring to looks like this:



Plug everything in and see if you have the same hum in headphones. If not, you have an electrical ground problem.

To be clear, I do NOT advocate running this way long-term. Fix your grounding problem... if you have one.

-KLH

 

Try running your laptop off battery power without the AC adapter connected, and also do not connect the S4 power supply.
This should confirm whether or not you have a grounding problem without the need for a prong adapter above.

 

^ Great thinking... I forgot that the S4 can be USB bus powered!

-KLH

 

if it is a ground loop problem, wouldn't he hear the hum over the S4's main out as well?