cttm

My laptop (Dell Precision M4400 workstation) does have a mono mode for it's speakers but no mono setting for earphones. I've tried the mono setting anyway but can not notice any difference from the stereo mode. Thanks for asking, though.

Thanks for the info. I'll check into it.

Thanks for your advice. You've pretty much confirmed what I thought would happen - constructive and destructive interference of the waveforms at the extremes and a muddled mess in the middle. As a test I'll try out the resister option and let you know the result. I did find one product online where two drivers are installed into one earbud which would get around this problem. However they're about $450 for one device with custom molded to an individual ear canal (like a hearing aid which I do not need.) Perhaps Klipsch could develop a similar product for those of us who like good sound despite being "hearing impaired". I'm sure I'm not the only one with this condition. Regards, cttm

As a longtime Klipsch speaker owner/lover I have finally purchased my first set of Image S4 earphones. I love the sound but have only one problem - only one of my ears work so I only hear one channel. I've tried adjusting speaker balance to increase volume in the bad ear relative to the good, hoping to gain some benefit through bone conduction. This hasn't worked well enough to hear more of the unheard channel. I've thought of making a short adapter plug/jack wired so the separate LH/RH leads from an 1/8" stereo plug connect to both LH and RH terminals of an 1/8" stereo jack in an effort to combine both channels. Not being an electrical engineer I don't know if this will work without damaging the earbud drivers, or if any resistors need to be included. Does anyone have any recommendations? Will my idea work? Can you please provide a wiring schematic if resistors need to be included in the adaptor. Thanks for your help!