https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inriclaimed
Thursday, December 10, 2015
it's finally consistently sounding a lot better. with a slight caveat.
current hypothesis - and take it for what it's worth given my track record - is that the seal on the left headphone is weak. either due to the bass loosening it, or just because it's weak, the seal is consistently opening. this is creating a magnetic field that is picking up interference. the interference is distorting the output in unpredictable ways, as it's dependent on whatever is floating around.
i seem to be able to break the field by pushing the seal in, but it seems to pull itself back open. i don't want to glue it because i do want to be able to open the phones up. the break is really paper thin. i'm hoping that pushing it back together often enough will put it back in place.
i'm thinking the cause of this may have been the short i was getting in the last cord, which had me frequently fiddling with the connector on that side. the sound seems to have really broken when i was mixing "viewless" at high volumes, which features a massive thump on the low end, in the drums and bass guitar. so, i think it was a combination of things. i may have made it worse by jimmying it open a few months ago, looking for a cause.
i've had far too many hypotheses, and in the end they all either fail or end up incomplete. but, i think this one is ridiculous enough to be plausible. and i do seem to be getting cause and effect, which has eluded me for so long.
i need to listen for at least the rest of the day to be sure. i don't expect to finalize anything today. but, i'm posting this because i legitimately think i finally got it.
current hypothesis - and take it for what it's worth given my track record - is that the seal on the left headphone is weak. either due to the bass loosening it, or just because it's weak, the seal is consistently opening. this is creating a magnetic field that is picking up interference. the interference is distorting the output in unpredictable ways, as it's dependent on whatever is floating around.
i seem to be able to break the field by pushing the seal in, but it seems to pull itself back open. i don't want to glue it because i do want to be able to open the phones up. the break is really paper thin. i'm hoping that pushing it back together often enough will put it back in place.
i'm thinking the cause of this may have been the short i was getting in the last cord, which had me frequently fiddling with the connector on that side. the sound seems to have really broken when i was mixing "viewless" at high volumes, which features a massive thump on the low end, in the drums and bass guitar. so, i think it was a combination of things. i may have made it worse by jimmying it open a few months ago, looking for a cause.
i've had far too many hypotheses, and in the end they all either fail or end up incomplete. but, i think this one is ridiculous enough to be plausible. and i do seem to be getting cause and effect, which has eluded me for so long.
i need to listen for at least the rest of the day to be sure. i don't expect to finalize anything today. but, i'm posting this because i legitimately think i finally got it.
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