Headphone sqeak
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Topic: Headphone sqeak
Posted By: Flaxton
Subject: Headphone sqeak
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 1:38pm
| hello. Thanks for allowing me to join the forum. I have a Graham Slee solo headphone amplifier with the psu1. When I plug my headphones into it there is a squeaking type sound. A bit like squeezing the top of a balloon. Sometimes there is a popping sound when I first turn on the amp and plug the headphones in.is this ok. Many thanks. |
Replies:
Posted By: Graham Slee
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 2:47pm
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Try switching it on with headphones already connected - like an amplifier has the speakers connected. The noise is the output adjusting from open-circuit to the load of the headphones. ------------- That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps |
Posted By: Flaxton
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 2:55pm
| hello. Tried that still a small squeak. It even does it if I plug in the phones with the amp off. |
Posted By: Graham Slee
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 2:56pm
Magic phones?  ------------- That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps |
Flaxton wrote:Posted By: Graham Slee
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 2:59pm
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Sorry for that. Is it OK when it's playing? ------------- That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps |
Posted By: capetownwatches
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 3:08pm
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Posted By: Flaxton
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 4:33pm
| hi. Yes it’s dead silent in the background when playing. A beautiful headphone amp. |
Posted By: Graham Slee
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 6:51pm
I am really grateful for your kind comment, and for you taking my earlier, perhaps disrespectful jibe, in good spirit  ------------- That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps |
Posted By: Flaxton
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 6:57pm
| That’s ok. So there is no way the headphones can be damaged, is that right. |
Posted By: Graham Slee
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 8:09pm
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I can only answer with another question. Have you played the explosion tracks from a couple of Pink Floyd - Roger Waters records/CDs? 1. Get Your Filthy Hands Of My Desert - Final Cut 2. Late Home Tonight - Amused to Death or even The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - the very long and loud sections? If it is as loud as these will go but not as long, then I think it will be OK.
------------- That none should be able to park up and enjoy the view without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps |
Posted By: Flaxton
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2021 at 11:02pm
| Thanks very much. |