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problem listening through headphones (3 replies and 1 comment)
If the jack output is stereo, I wonder whether you have a poor connection on one of the stereo channels. This is a fairly common issue with jack plugs and sockets. Maybe try some contact cleaner on the plug.
If the output is mono, you could use a mono to stereo adapter. You can buy these fairly inexpensively from Amazon, etc. Might be worth trying this out.
It is likely that your headphone output is stereo. It is also likely that your headphones are stereo (stereo headphones and adapters will have three connections on the jack wheweas mono headphones will have two), It is always a good idea to be sure that you have a good connection especially if the jack has not been used before.
You should be able to tell whether you are listening to mono or stereo sound (unless you are deaf in one ear) just by listening to it.
However I find it very hard to believe that your volume problem has anything to do with the type of headphones or adapter. If you unplug the headphones - does the volume from the speakers also vary from note to note? Either way it looks as if your organ has a fault.
csw900
Thanks to both of you for responding so quickly!
I do not hear the volume problem when listening to the built-in speaker. And I've ruled out the headphones as being the problem. So it must be either the jack or the adapter.
I'll get another stereo adapter and also a mono adapter, and just see if either solves the problem. Maybe the first adapter has a flaw, I'm unable to test it because I have no other devices that require a 1/4" plug for the headphones. I wish I could find my old adapter because I know that one was OK.
In every other way I'm quite pleased with this S80! My prior organ was a Church Organ Systems C380 and it was fantastic but also larger and very very heavy. I moved the C380 twice and just couldn't do it a third time when I went through another relocation for a job. The S80 is more compact and a few hundred pounds lighter. I think the Chorum 90 is equivalent to the C380 but was outside of my current budget.
The headphone output of your Chorum S80 is stereo, so you need to use stereo headphones and a stereo adaptor.
If you use a stereo/mono adapter that isn't specifically for headphones, you could damage the headphone output of the organ.
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Hi, I recently purchased a Chorum S80 and played it through the built-in speaker for a few months before I finally started using headphones. My headphones are Sennheiser with 1/8" plug and the headphone jack is 1/4" (like my prior COS/Baldwin organ, I think it was a C380), so I bought an Amazon Basics 1/8" to 1/4" stereo adapter. I've noticed a really annoying volume problem, if I play a chromatic scale with a single stop engaged, every other note is louder. If I add stops the volume unevenness becomes more noticeable.
I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem. I never experienced it with my COS organ but I lost that adapter so I bought a new one for the Chorum. I don't remember if the old adapter was mono or stereo, but I don't recall any channel separation (which probably would have driven me nuts) so I'm thinking it was mono. Maybe I'm not supposed to use a stereo adapter? I don't really need or want stereo so I'm planning to buy and try a 1/8" to 1/4" mono adapter.