I've gone through probably five headsets in two years trying to diagnose what the issue is with my audio. I thought maybe it was just a few bad Logitech headsets, but I've tried three different brands. I even caved and bought a set of Raycons just trying to avoid the issue, but even those are suffering the same problem.
Any time I have my audio over 50 percent, my speakers (both on my SteelSeries headset and my raycon earbuds, along with four other headsets I've tried that were various Logitech and Razer products) will produce a loud crackling or popping sound. I have high sensitivity to sudden, high-pitched sounds so every time it happens it causes me to physically want to vomit.
Even if I turn my volume down to 30 percent, it will randomly begin popping again. After which I have a few things that sometimes work.
I'm using Windows 10 and I'll usually I'll start by disabling and re-enabling the device under Sound. 50/50 chance that'll work, and it's never for longer than a couple of hours. Next I try powering on-and-off the device. Then I try unplugging and re-plugging in the device. Then swapping the device (raycons to steelseries or vice versa). Then restarting my PC. Then giving up and just not having audio for a few hours until the problem magically goes away. Sometimes (both with my raycons and the steelseries) it'll make a loud pop through the speakers, then power itself on again. The Steelseries will automatically reconnect to its wireless USB. The Raycons will force me to re-pair the device to bluetooth.
I am so unbelievably tired of this issue. I've gone through a few hundred dollars trying to deal with this and I still have no idea what is wrong. I've tried updating my sound drivers, at this point I don't know if it's an audio card issue or how I would even go about replacing it.
Any time I have my audio over 50 percent, my speakers (both on my SteelSeries headset and my raycon earbuds, along with four other headsets I've tried that were various Logitech and Razer products) will produce a loud crackling or popping sound. I have high sensitivity to sudden, high-pitched sounds so every time it happens it causes me to physically want to vomit.
Even if I turn my volume down to 30 percent, it will randomly begin popping again. After which I have a few things that sometimes work.
I'm using Windows 10 and I'll usually I'll start by disabling and re-enabling the device under Sound. 50/50 chance that'll work, and it's never for longer than a couple of hours. Next I try powering on-and-off the device. Then I try unplugging and re-plugging in the device. Then swapping the device (raycons to steelseries or vice versa). Then restarting my PC. Then giving up and just not having audio for a few hours until the problem magically goes away. Sometimes (both with my raycons and the steelseries) it'll make a loud pop through the speakers, then power itself on again. The Steelseries will automatically reconnect to its wireless USB. The Raycons will force me to re-pair the device to bluetooth.
I am so unbelievably tired of this issue. I've gone through a few hundred dollars trying to deal with this and I still have no idea what is wrong. I've tried updating my sound drivers, at this point I don't know if it's an audio card issue or how I would even go about replacing it.