Re: popping sound at high volume!!
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Hi rialtmann,
Sorry you're having trouble with your Audiobytes. You should not be getting any popping noises.
Try putting the output volume of your computer or iPod or MP3 player at about the halfway setting--you might be overloading the output of your source, driving it into distortion, or the input of the Audiobyte amplifier. Then adjust the master volume of the Audiobyte amplifier to reach a volume level that's comfortable.
If that still doesn't help, email or call Axiom--if you haven't already done so.
Regards,
Alan Lofft, Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)
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Rick that really does out me in a MUCH better mood thanks! Alan: thanks for writing. I feel honored I did write to axiom and they replied saying the exact same thing with the volume output. I tried it but sadly it didnt work. I'll call them later too. I love axiom - everyones so nice and helpful!
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So I talked to Brent, one of the axiom experts, on the phone and am getting a new amp sometime. We also discovered that my laptop (I'm playing from a laptop) has no audio output but only a headphone jack. Any experiences of problems with headphone jacks? Has anyone ever hooked their i-pod or whatever external music player to their axiom speakers via a headphone jack?
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I haven't run into any problems of that sort.
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have you used a headphone jack as audio output and played music and high volume (not crazily high)?
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I do it with a portable headphone amp. There's no great difference between the two (audio out and headphone out), they're both audio outputs. That shouldn't be a problem.
Rick
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The expert said it the difference was in level of microvolt output. Since headphones are easy to drive the headphone jack boosts the output up. Its just a thought.
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What's the brand? I have 3 laptops. One of them is not too great with the audiobytes (older Compact), but the other 2 are fine (old Toshiba and recent HP). One of my employees once came with a tiny IBM thinkpad (the very expensive ones; I know, the company pays for them! ). and it did clip quite a bit when trying to drive the system louder. My desktop has no problem whatsoever. As a test, do you have high-impedence headphones? The same machines (4 laptops) have similar results with my Sennheiser HD650 or PXC250. 2 of them are ok (not great, but decent, some compression, no distortion) with the 300Ohm while 1 has poor performance (heavy dynamic compression, slightly fuzzy sound) and the IBM thinkpad actually "cuts" with those headphones (unbearable). None of them have any kind of issues with lower impedence. Do you have other source like a DVD or CD player that you could connect directly to the audiobytes?
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Its a one year old sony SZ71MN. I tried two different i-pod's with it too. I have sennheiser earphones something like the CX 300 - its impedence is at 16 ohms so i guess that doenst qualify.
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The ipods should be ok. Mine are ok with the audiobytes. I have a pair of CX300 also (great for subway rides, but I hate them for walking as I can ear myself walk). And no those would not qualify for that test. Sounds like you better get a new amp!
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