Yeah my headset has a mic and it is actually plugged in, however it’s always muted since I rarely use it. Another weird thing is that both the headphones and mic are plugged in the front of the case, if i plug them directly in the motherboard (behind the case), both the sound quality and the static noise get much worse.
I have a Sennheiser PC 350 SE headset and I've been hearing a static noise which becomes clearly audible when raising the volume. It has been around for years now and I assumed it's a problem with my headset, it didn't bother me because I rarely raise the volume over 30%.
Today I tried playing around with the settings to get better sound quality, I turned the "Front Pink in" slider from 100 to 0 and left all other settings unchanged. The static noise in my headset disappeared even when I raise the system volume up to 100%. I tested a few games and music, everything seemed normal. I googled the static noise problem and they don't mention this particular solution.
How did this eliminate the static noise? and should I keep it this way?
PS: I'm not using any soundcard or DAC/AMP, just my headset and motherboard's (Asus z190-A) onboard sound.
Can someone explain what just happened? I turned the "Front Pink in" slider from 100 to 0 and the static noise in my headset disappeared.
Mhmd1993 OP t1_iu7gig4 wrote
Reply to comment by audioguy61 in Can someone explain what just happened? I turned the "Front Pink in" slider from 100 to 0 and the static noise in my headset disappeared. by Mhmd1993
Alright will do. Thanks!