So whenever I listen to music on my laptop or cell phone I always get a little noise. I assume from the internal components, radio, etc.

I have a little volume actuator between my ear buds and the laptop/cell phone and that seems to eliminate some of the problem but when I listen to quieter music I can still hear the noise.

Is this why people buy headphone amplifiers? Recommendations? Anyone use them? Would the amplifier "clean" the signal? I'm not an expert on amplifiers so any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

10/18/2011 2:08:24 PM

yeah, noise will be from "loud" electronic components on the logic board. To clean up the audio, you can get a noise filter, but honestly, a laptop/cell phone isn't going to produce the most perfect audio.

10/18/2011 2:23:51 PM

Quote :

" To clean up the audio, you can get a noise filter, but honestly, a laptop/cell phone isn't going to produce the most perfect audio. "

Yeah this is what I originally thought but after doing some research I found that many head phone nerds are impressed with the quality of the iPhone 4:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/499008/iphone-4-sound-quality

It is noticeably better than my Dell work laptop. It all comes down to:

1. Original source (file)
2. Sound card/processor
3. Headphones
4. Amplifier

Trying to go down the list. Already have 1 and 3 down. Working on 2 and 4 now.

10/18/2011 3:29:07 PM

Anyone have any experience with Bithead?

http://www.headphone.com/headphone-amps/amplifiers/headroom-total-bithead.php

Or this one:

http://www.raysamuelsaudio.com/products/predator

Hehe.

[Edited on October 18, 2011 at 5:41 PM. Reason : s]

10/18/2011 5:27:19 PM