scarletjim
Standard Member
What part of a hi-fi set up is most likely to be responsible for missing instruments or vocals out of a song whilst continuing to play the rest of it?
I have identified a few songs in the last few months where little bits and pieces, maybe a backing vocal, maybe a piece of guitar etc, are missed out when I play the songs via my hi-fi, even though they are perfectly clear when played on the headphones via my mobile phone! The rest of the music continues, but those bits are either ignored or play so quietly that I can't hear them. Obviously I have tried fiddling with the treble / bass / superbass knobs (all I have on my hi-fi), and a few options on my PC (lots of graphic sliders here though...) but nothing seems to work.
The music in question is played in MP3 format on my PC by I-Tunes, feeds from the PC to the hi-fi amp and out through the hi-fi speakers. The exact hi-fi model is probably not that important, as it's about 16 years old, but it was a fairly good quality set of components when I bought it, all Technics, amp is called 'SU-X301' if that means anything to anyone.
Unfortunately I can't answer the obvious question - I don't know if it has always done this with these songs, as I hadn't heard them at home for a while when I noticed, so it could either be a new problem or a problem that has always existed.
Is it likely that continuing to fiddle with the graphic on the PC might solve this?
Many thanks in advance (I always seem to be asking for advice on here - I look forward to someone asking something that I can help with - god knows what though!
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I have identified a few songs in the last few months where little bits and pieces, maybe a backing vocal, maybe a piece of guitar etc, are missed out when I play the songs via my hi-fi, even though they are perfectly clear when played on the headphones via my mobile phone! The rest of the music continues, but those bits are either ignored or play so quietly that I can't hear them. Obviously I have tried fiddling with the treble / bass / superbass knobs (all I have on my hi-fi), and a few options on my PC (lots of graphic sliders here though...) but nothing seems to work.
The music in question is played in MP3 format on my PC by I-Tunes, feeds from the PC to the hi-fi amp and out through the hi-fi speakers. The exact hi-fi model is probably not that important, as it's about 16 years old, but it was a fairly good quality set of components when I bought it, all Technics, amp is called 'SU-X301' if that means anything to anyone.
Unfortunately I can't answer the obvious question - I don't know if it has always done this with these songs, as I hadn't heard them at home for a while when I noticed, so it could either be a new problem or a problem that has always existed.
Is it likely that continuing to fiddle with the graphic on the PC might solve this?
Many thanks in advance (I always seem to be asking for advice on here - I look forward to someone asking something that I can help with - god knows what though!