Jaybird Vista Popping / Crackling Sounds
Hey, I'm experiencing a annoying popping/crackling sound on certain songs and wondered if anyone else had the same issue. To give an example, I'm currently listening to the new Watchmen TV series soundtrack by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on Spotify, picking one particular song "Absent Friends and Old Ghosts", just over a minute in this sound get progressively worse, it's very crackly. It's not the only song but a good one to use for this example. The crackle sound isn't part of the music, I've listened to the same song on Bose' Soundsport earbuds and my home Harman / Kardon system so it's definitely the earbuds. I've adjusted the EQ to reduce bass and still the same issue.
This is my 2nd pair now after a pairing issue with the left earbud and noticed the same issue on that pair too but less so.
I've ordered one more pair but fear I may have to send both back as faulty as it's a really off putting sound, almost as if they can't handle it.
Any help would be appreciated. Hoping the new pair do not have the same problem, curious to know if others can test this particular track and see if yours does the same?
Kind regards,
Steve
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So the third pair has arrived and low and behold the same issue (though granted the issue with my first pair was more to do with connectivity issues but I did notice it in the short time I had that pair).
What I've found, having seen a comment elsewhere above is the majority of EQ presets I tested cause the issue on both pairs I currently have in hand, standard factory presets "Flat" & "Timothy Olson" avoid the problem but tbh those presents are not how I like to listen to music. I found one called "Smooth" by Loud & Wired & "Hip Hop Rap (Rich & Clear)" that both sound better (more to my taste but still far from perfect for me), though the later I did hear the very occasional pop. My personal EQ pops like mad. I guess I'll just keep searching through the EQ presents or make my own like Jon suggested, I've had a play with that, just takes time to test but it should work but simply put Jaybird clearly has released a product that can't handle certain frequency's which is a shame when we spend a good £160 on a pair of buds. I'm tempted to keep one pair as they are great when not popping and the competition for sports buds isn't all that hot, I just wish I wasn't having this issue having forked out a fair amount for something that has a fault that reminds me of cheap buds you get from China :(
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