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Stereo Output plays some sound in opposite ear
Hello.
I'm having a problem with stereo sound on my laptop.
My laptop has a single stereo 3.5mm headphone jack and I have an ordinary pair of ear bud headphones and a pair of stereo speakers.
I work with sound (binaural beats) where it is important that sounds that are sent to the left speaker and right speaker are completely separate - i.e., proper stereo sound. However I noticed that my laptop leaking sound from either ear to the other ear.
For example when I create a mono track on the sound editing program Audacity, and have it panned completely to the left, I should hear nothing in my right speaker, and sound in the left speaker. this is not the case. Instead, I hear a soft sound in my right ear and a loud sound in my left ear. Stereo is working, but for some reason a reduced volume sound is being sent to the opposite ear. The opposite happens when I reverse this and pan completely to the right.
When I go to control panel/sound/speakers and headphones/configure - to get to "Speaker Setup" i see the option "Stereo" selected (I don't have any other options here). I click on the button to test the left speaker and I hear a loud noise in my left ear and a soft noise in my right ear (once again I would expect to hear noise in my left ear and nothing in my right ear). The opposite happens when I reverse this and click on the "right" speaker to test.
I have repeated all the above tests with stereo speakers and I still have the same problem
The jack of my headphones and speakers was definitely plugged in properly.
My headphones work properly with other devices (an mp3 player).
The levels are set properly in control panel/sound/speakers and headphones/properties/levels/balance. Left and right are set to the same level.
I'm stuck! Does anyone know how I can override this so I don't get any audio in my right ear if I have an audio track panned completely to the left?