Audio out Jack

Hi, very strange problem, my laptop speakers play good, when I plug in stereo speakers 2.1 they play good to but when I plug in my headphones they play like crap very quite and crappy, that problems happens with any other headphones. I tried everything from control panel settings to reinstalling drivers and no changes.

I just woke up next morning and got this problem

 

Sounds like the jack on the headphones isn't fitting properly into the output port on the computer, or else isn't making full contact with the leads inside the port. Are you sure the headphones have the correct jack?

 

I'm sure because I have used them for a long time and it is standard 3.5mm jack, tested more 3 different headphones and same crap sound. I agree with you because it sounds like isn't fitting properly or don't have full contact but why speakers with same jack play good?

 

Are the speakers connected through any amplifier?

 

What I've noticed is that plugs may be labelled 3,5mm but they fit differently well - some better "easier" some more "firmly".

I think the gold plated once are the ones more "stuck" as they possibly manufacture a standard 3,5mm plug then add a layer of gold.

So maybe your speaker plug is, say a tenth of a milimetre thicker, it can make a difference.

If its the other way round - speaker non-gold and headphones plug golod plated it'll add confusion to my line of thinking.

 

Yes it is build in to subwoofer, what does it changes?

 

Well, in theory it can smoothen out bumps in the sound.

Using and X-Fi Go (external soundcard) the audio sounds better on headphones - using a subwoofer it sounds the same... (??)

 

Shiny up the plug with some alcohol and see if that cures it.

 

That speakers new for me, when I compare jacks visually between speakers and headphones I can see that speakers jack looks A BIT different but have the same 3.5mm standard. So I believe that I could damage my audio output with speakers jack or not... I don't want to believe that different 3.5mm jack could damage my audio output Maybe it is still some hardware issue... Last thing I haven't tried it is reinstalling my windows vista but I hardly believe that it will make any changes.

 

If both jacks are labelled 3,5mm both should fit and neither should damage your system.

Could you post a pic of the speaker & headphone jack.

Also - if you have it in your toolbox - there is a device to measure the diametre - what is it called, a calipher?
If you have one of these, you may want to check the diametre - and if the speaker jack is thicker, contact the manufacturer.

 

The first two are headphones and last speakers jack. Sorry for quality I took a shot from cellphone

 

Quality is OK - its not as if we could determine the exact thickness from the picture.
(to 0,1 or 0,05mm)

On first glance they all look the same - i.e. all are supposed to be 3,5mm
Nothing like headset, etc.

All look gold plated too.

Now, was the speaker jack a bit more difficult to plug in initially?
If it was, it was thicker...

 

Speaker jack fitted well like other this standard jacks. I'm confused because I really don't imagine what happened, maybe I should really try reinstalling windows because this is last thing I haven't tried...

 

Well, in theory all devices get the same input (output from the laptop)

So it can't be a purely driver related issue.

If you could measure the diameter of your plugs with a calipher it could help, but its no use buying one if you don't need it.