sound distortion on headphones

ahmetis · 12-05-2015, 08:03 AM

Linux Mint - Rafaela: sound is ok on speakers, but distorted on headphones. Solutions? If it is of some importance: Laptop - Lenovo B5400 (i3 4000M).

jamison20000e · 12-05-2015, 08:19 AM

Hi.

You are gonna have to read around a bit first... and rename it from "sound..."

E.g: http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/rules.html

Best wishes and have fun!

DavidMcCann · 12-05-2015, 11:22 AM

Debugging sound problems can be a nightmare with any operating system, as a quick search on the internet for your symptom shows. This thread indicates that the answer can be something that seems to be unconnected to sound:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...da-4175504884/

You could try an update from 17.2 Rafaela to 17.3 Rosa.

ahmetis · 12-05-2015, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamison20000e

Hi.

You are gonna have to read around a bit first... and rename it from "sound..."

E.g: http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/rules.html

Best wishes and have fun!

Thanks jamison, any suggestions where this issue might fit best?

jamison20000e · 12-05-2015, 11:57 AM

I think it's o.k. here as your first post, the moderators may move it accordingly but I don't think your title will help you much? You could change it to be more descriptive...

jamison20000e · 12-05-2015, 12:00 PM

Have you tested other headphones or those ones elsewhere?

ahmetis · 12-05-2015, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamison20000e

Have you tested other headphones or those ones elsewhere?

same "sound" on different headphones (four different types, so far). For a moment I considered the wires to be a problem, since it used to be ok until recently. Now I am thinking about checking the in-computer jack wires.

jamison20000e · 12-05-2015, 01:10 PM

Good thought. As David and link seemed to be hinting could be hardware, do you have a live distro or other OS you can test it on?