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HISS (What is?)

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Last updated: 14 Mar, 2013
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In audio, "hiss" describes a continuous broadband noise of fairly even amplitude (level). There is often a tiny bit of hiss audible in the output of any amplifier or audio device that incorporates amplifiers (like our amplified gaming headsets).

Hiss is best described as the sound of a distant waterfall or the sound of a gentle wind that never varies. If you're familiar with old-fashioned analog cassette tapes, imagine the sound you hear when you switch off the Dolby B noise reduction. That's hiss.

By comparison, "static" is another broadband noise, but of varying amplitude that sounds more the like the sound of frying bacon, complete with intermittent popping and/or crackling noises.


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Jackal 19820626 | 03 Nov, 2010 12:31 PM
It seems that the hiss is less noticeable when I plug the USB into my computer instead of the Xbox.
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Charleigh | 19 Sep, 2011 07:14 AM
I can't bleieve I've been going for years without knowing that.
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