Headphones play background static

[MrChemistryCow9]

Hi, I have had a pair of Corsair HS60 Wired Headphones running through USB with Surround sound on and no mic. This has worked really well but I have been having an issue with a light background static playing when it is playing audio. I recently used the included velcro strap to hold all the wires together so it would stop pulling out. I tried audio troubleshoot, changing ports, and cleaning the ports.  Please help as it is quite annoying. Also, I noticed even with headphones, windows audio and youtube audio at max, it is very quiet.

 

EDIT: I fixed it, it was the low audio levels on chrome and the high volume make it

[Daniel Z.]

The USB adapter could be causing it. Just use the 3.5 jack.

[TheBean]

thats just the noise. every set of drivers make noise no matter what. How loud you can hear it is based on the signal to noise ratio of the device (usually listed in specs page). higher ratio is better. because your volume was high, so was the noise. if you decrease the vol, you decrease noise. 

 

this is because the DAC (digital to analog converter) is never perfect. the sound it will try to make (the wave) will have imperfections that cause the noise. 

[MrChemistryCow9]

2 hours ago, Saksham said:

thats just the noise. every set of drivers make noise no matter what. How loud you can hear it is based on the signal to noise ratio of the device (usually listed in specs page). higher ratio is better. because your volume was high, so was the noise. if you decrease the vol, you decrease noise. 

 

this is because the DAC (digital to analog converter) is never perfect. the sound it will try to make (the wave) will have imperfections that cause the noise. 

Thank you. Although I figured out how to fix it, it is nice to know why it happens and what to look for.

[Daniel Z.]

4 hours ago, Saksham said:

thats just the noise. every set of drivers make noise no matter what. How loud you can hear it is based on the signal to noise ratio of the device (usually listed in specs page). higher ratio is better. because your volume was high, so was the noise. if you decrease the vol, you decrease noise. 

 

this is because the DAC (digital to analog converter) is never perfect. the sound it will try to make (the wave) will have imperfections that cause the noise. 

Very audible noise like that is never normal.

[TheBean]

On 7/19/2019 at 10:00 PM, Daniel Z. said:

Very audible noise like that is never normal.

i know. just a general explination