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73CortinaV8

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Audio playback on my Max's streamed from my macbook has this slight but abrasive tinny sounding distortion. The same audio sounds fine w/ my airpods pro buds.


And with no audio and ANR on, there is a tinny background noise, almost like hiss, but it sounds more metallic.


Also if the headphones are not perfectly on my ears, there's a whistling sound, like microphone feedback
 
Does the sound appear to be almost static-like and crackle every 30 seconds or so?
I have found that sometimes on macOS. Works fine on iPhone though.
 
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Does the sound appear to be almost static-like and crackle every 30 seconds or so?
I have found that sometimes on macOS. Works fine on iPhone though.
no, happened even when not connected to anything.

But it seems like the recent firmware update fixed my problem
 
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