Hello everyone...
A few days back I was a proud owner of the new iPad mini 4.
I love the size of it and never got used to its bigger brother. I totally loved my old mini 2, which I sold.
I loved the mini 4 the few days that I had it.
But then I recognised a strange behaviour compared to my old mini 2...
I have a pair of good in-ear earphones made by Bang&Olufsen.
My mini was always my main music source.
So when using my in-ears with the mini 4, every time the audio output was activated, i heard a strange stativ ticking... Zik zik zzik zikzik zzik...
It stopped after a few seconds when the audio output goes on standbye again. Although I had the feeling it was still there, just super quiet. As soon as I activated the keyboard, a popping sound indicated that the audio output is now active, and the chirrping sound started again... zik zik zik zzik zikzik zik
It was very quiet and I only heard it in the evening when I was in my quiet living or bed room. But that is the place I mainly use it.
I never heard something like that with the mini 2. And I checked with a friend's mini 2. His output was quiet, perfect, like I remembered it.
I went to the Apple Store I bought it at, and explained it to the employee. He said I should just give it back and take a brand new one. I did that.
At home I tested it, and it had the same behaviour. It is not induced by my in-ears. I tried it with an on-ear headphone and I heard it too... just more quiet. I suppose most people use Apple earpods with their iPads... So I tried these too. The earpods are much less accurate compared to my B&O ones. But after I already heard the sound, even the Apple earpods let me hear it... Using these most normal people will not recognise it though.
So I gave the iPad back... I expect all mini 4s to be like this.. probably thanks to the thinner construction... So I didn't get a third one...
As my B&O earphones and headphones are not the most accurate headphones for audiophiles, I am expecting people out there with much better earphones and headphones... so I hoped I was not the only one with that problem... But so far I didn't find any threads.
Am I the only one with ears able to hear it?
I am now torn between waiting and trying another mini 4 or getting a mini 2, as music playback is the most important use for me ...
A few days back I was a proud owner of the new iPad mini 4.
I love the size of it and never got used to its bigger brother. I totally loved my old mini 2, which I sold.
I loved the mini 4 the few days that I had it.
But then I recognised a strange behaviour compared to my old mini 2...
I have a pair of good in-ear earphones made by Bang&Olufsen.
My mini was always my main music source.
So when using my in-ears with the mini 4, every time the audio output was activated, i heard a strange stativ ticking... Zik zik zzik zikzik zzik...
It stopped after a few seconds when the audio output goes on standbye again. Although I had the feeling it was still there, just super quiet. As soon as I activated the keyboard, a popping sound indicated that the audio output is now active, and the chirrping sound started again... zik zik zik zzik zikzik zik
It was very quiet and I only heard it in the evening when I was in my quiet living or bed room. But that is the place I mainly use it.
I never heard something like that with the mini 2. And I checked with a friend's mini 2. His output was quiet, perfect, like I remembered it.
I went to the Apple Store I bought it at, and explained it to the employee. He said I should just give it back and take a brand new one. I did that.
At home I tested it, and it had the same behaviour. It is not induced by my in-ears. I tried it with an on-ear headphone and I heard it too... just more quiet. I suppose most people use Apple earpods with their iPads... So I tried these too. The earpods are much less accurate compared to my B&O ones. But after I already heard the sound, even the Apple earpods let me hear it... Using these most normal people will not recognise it though.
So I gave the iPad back... I expect all mini 4s to be like this.. probably thanks to the thinner construction... So I didn't get a third one...
As my B&O earphones and headphones are not the most accurate headphones for audiophiles, I am expecting people out there with much better earphones and headphones... so I hoped I was not the only one with that problem... But so far I didn't find any threads.
Am I the only one with ears able to hear it?
I am now torn between waiting and trying another mini 4 or getting a mini 2, as music playback is the most important use for me ...
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