In my experience my sennheiser ear buds buzzed incredibly loudly and that buzz changed depending on the menu just like you stated. The game menu being the absolute worst.
I almost returned it but tried my headphones I usually use (sennheiser 558 (50ohm) and a pair of blue lola’s (42ohm)) both of which had 0 buzzing even in a dead quiet room. I did get a bit of crackling when booting into a game, though that seems to have disappeared with a restart.
There doesn’t seem to be any volume or clarity difference with either pair of headphones compared to my LCD deck. My LCD doesn’t buzz with the earbuds.
On further testing in the steam menus I duplicated your results with highlighting some menus making the buzzing disappear entirely.
I’ve had other devices with whining headphone jacks, but they never changed depending on menus or headphones. It’s super weird but I’m happy I don’t have to RMA… yet.
In my experience my sennheiser ear buds buzzed incredibly loudly and that buzz changed depending on the menu just like you stated. The game menu being the absolute worst.
I almost returned it but tried my headphones I usually use (sennheiser 558 (50ohm) and a pair of blue lola’s (42ohm)) both of which had 0 buzzing even in a dead quiet room. I did get a bit of crackling when booting into a game, though that seems to have disappeared with a restart.
There doesn’t seem to be any volume or clarity difference with either pair of headphones compared to my LCD deck. My LCD doesn’t buzz with the earbuds.
On further testing in the steam menus I duplicated your results with highlighting some menus making the buzzing disappear entirely.
I’ve had other devices with whining headphone jacks, but they never changed depending on menus or headphones. It’s super weird but I’m happy I don’t have to RMA… yet.