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Left audio issue

belgolas

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I have a weird problem with wired headphones on my windows 11 pc.

My wired headphones either through the audio jack or usbc tried with 2 different wired headphones the left channel will randomly slowly decrease in audio level. When I unplug and replug them in it fixes the issue...

My Bluetooth headphones don't have this problem even if plugged into usb mode.

I have tried reinstalling the Realtek audio drivers, chipset drivers and usb drivers. I have never experience a problem like this ever before. So strange. I hope it isn't my motherboard audio card crapping out. If I can't fix it I do have a Sound Blaster X4 I could use.
 
If it's also over usb, then it wouldn't be on board audio. I'd be more inclined the issue is with the headset.

EDIT: 2 headsets, that doesn't make sense to me. Audio over analog or USB-C will not be using the same controller. USB-C headphones will use its own audio controller.
 
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There were multiple versions of MacOS that would actually slowly move the balance of headphones at the OS layer. More than once found the balance favoring I think it was the left side, but you could see that in the audio settings. Would double check the balance even if on windows since it is an easy thing to overlook.
 
My guess is a capacitor slowly dying on your motherboard. If it gets worse or left side dies completely that pretty much points directly at your mobo audio seeing as you have tried different headsets.
 
Do you have a volume control button on your wired headphones ?

It could be glitching and reducing the volume.
 
djbrad said:
Do you have a volume control button on your wired headphones ?

It could be glitching and reducing the volume.
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This is a good one too that I forgot about. I had a manual dial on a past set and I had to work it back and forth a bunch to clean the contact areas. Certain positions would effect one side differently than the other.
 
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Welp I brought out my Sound Blaster X4 and had the same problem. Thankfully my wired in-ear headphones have swappable cables and low and behold so far I don't have the problem with the left channel dropping in volume.

What are the odds that 2 headphones have the same problem. I was going crazy trying different settings and nothing fixed it. Sigh but knock on wood swapping the cables seems to have fix the issue.
 
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