My GBA - one of the original ones with the crap screen - has quite a
noticeable humming noise when I use headphones (presumably it's
interference from the screen like the GBC had). Until recently I was
able to get around this by turning the GBA volume pretty much to
maximum and using the volume control on my headphones instead. This is
a bit tricky with my new headphones though, as they lack a volume
control. :-)

Anyway, I just wondered - do the SP or Micro fix this problem with
humming on the headphone output, or does every kind of GBA do it?

-Rus.

Russell Marks <russell.marks@spam^H^H^H^Hntlworld.com> wrote:

> My GBA - one of the original ones with the crap screen - has quite a
> noticeable humming noise when I use headphones (presumably it's
> interference from the screen like the GBC had). Until recently I was
> able to get around this by turning the GBA volume pretty much to
> maximum and using the volume control on my headphones instead. This is
> a bit tricky with my new headphones though, as they lack a volume
> control. :-)
> 
> Anyway, I just wondered - do the SP or Micro fix this problem with
> humming on the headphone output, or does every kind of GBA do it?
> 
> -Rus.

My GBA-SP has a hum with headphones, but it's not too bad. Still, unless
I want to play a GB or GBC game I use my DS which has great audio
quality.

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:

> Russell Marks <russell.marks@spam^H^H^H^Hntlworld.com> wrote:
[...]
> > Anyway, I just wondered - do the SP or Micro fix this problem with
> > humming on the headphone output, or does every kind of GBA do it?
[...]
> My GBA-SP has a hum with headphones

Bah.

> Still, unless I want to play a GB or GBC game I use my DS which has
> great audio quality.

That might bode well for the Micro at least, with it having a similar
type of screen.

Thanks,
-Rus.