Whenever i use my otherwise very fine JBL Bluetooth headphones, and crank up the volume, there must have been an ingenious person (or other people might think, some kind of mean dunderhead), who figured, that it would be a great idea to include that nasty, annoying sound, when reaching the 100% mark, which also creates a nice little gap in your playback for a spilt second.
And the funny thing is, and maybe i am the only one being exposed to that problem, that no search engine in the known internet seems to know about this issue, regardless, which combinations of search terms i'm using.
The searching tools rather appear to be obsessed with the "Windows 10 volume randomly jumps to 100%" or " why can't I raise the volume of windows beyond 100" problems, where i get millions and millions of search results, but that bleeping nuisance problem isn't mentioned anywhere.
I don't know if it comes from JBL's internal drivers, or if it's some hidden Bluetooth easter egg (i rule out Windows as the culprit this time, because it doesn't happen with the speakers, nor was i able to spot that WAV file, which i could wipe from my harddisk for good), but eventually i had to give up my search. And no, it's not one of Window's system sounds, i have checked that already.
Yes, i also suspected that. It can't be turned off, i'm afraid. So i have to live with those cash register sounds, or be cautious with my keyboard volume button.
If I go to 25% volume even on my headphones it starts to get annoying.
I'm more worried about why you're maxing out your levels, rather than it making sound at 100%.
By "annoying" I mean that it's too loud. So you having to crank it to its max; I dunno, something's wrong. If you don't have an audio interface, your computer tower isn't giving you enough juice. The headphones are asking for more power but it isn't coming, so that actually might explain the weird noise, now that I think of it. You need a better audio source I think. The headphones are probably fine.
If it's Windows, double check you don't have a power savings strategy of anything other than "best performance". That could be the issue.
In the device manager have a double check on the audio driver. "Update driver: auto search online"
Being electronic in nature we are limited by the frequency spectrum output of the source resultant amplification. It is measured in decibels. To filter this, we need to consider the frequency spectrum .
Sound is similar, but uses an air pressure root value, so it depends on the speakers or headphones or whatever stupid filtering someone forced us to use.
Before you blame the headphones, it could be a simple issue.
Confirm that you're not plugged into a Line Out port (Green) or a Mic port. That it's a headphone port. If it's plugged in with USB, confirm you don't have "USB Selective Suspend" enabled (I forgot where that is though).
If your hear crackling when jiggling the cord then yea the cord could have a fault. If you gently wiggle it right at the base where it's plugged in, and hear crackling, the motherboard could have a fault. Ensure it's all the way plugged in. Check to see how many black lines you have on your male end of your jack. Is it a 3.5mm jack and is going into a 3.5mm port? (No adapters?)
If not, it might be smart to try a software solution. You might be able to install a free third party manager like Voicemeeter, that could make it louder, so you don't end up with this problem. (It's volume bars can go past 100%). There are others, like Ear Trumpet.
Is that a short "100% volume reached" sound from this video (at 0:06 sec.)?
Most bluetooth headphones have such indication sounds, some more obnoxious than others depending on the manufacturer.
There's nothing you can do about it, it's baked into the firmware. Your only hope is to try the JBL mobile app for headphones' firmware updates and customization (if supported by your model), but I'd be surprised if that can help with this.
Yeah, that's most likely the case. Again, who comes up with ideas like that? There's no benefit in having signalled that the maximum loudness level is reached. And we also have some visual indicator telling us that, just in case.
