Delayed Audio From Consumer Home Audio System

[Vaultnaemsae]

Hi all,

I'm new in here and hoping for a little guidance.

I'm currently setting up a very basic home recording system. I'm not ready to commit to monitors yet. In the meantime I have a set of decent headphones and an LG Home Audio System with an aux input that I can use in lieu of high quality monitors.

Without going into great detail of my setup, my audio interface (iConnectAUDIO4+) has a headphone out jack and my LG system has a AUX in jack which I sometimes connect. I have a second set of analogue outs on my interface too that run a line to the effects return of my guitar amp.

Here's the thing...
When I use headphones and guitar amp monitoring my guitar playing there is no noticeable difference in the outputs and no perceivable latency.
When I use the LG system and guitar amp there is about a half second delay with the LG that screws with my head.

The LG system doesn't appear to run out of sync with regular audio when watching video (the computer's audio all runs out through the audio interface but it might just be too quick to notice. There's no info from LG that can set me straight on the matter.

Is it a common thing for home systems to have 'embedded latency'? Not sure what else to call it but it renders the system unusable for monitoring in real time.

 

[Massive Master]

Is it a common thing for home systems to have 'embedded latency'? Not sure what else to call it but it renders the system unusable for monitoring in real time.

Not at all. *IF* it's a digital input, I could -- naw, I couldn't even see that. That's a weird one.

 

[Farview]

It's probably something really stupid.

Either you are getting latency through your DAW. Which, if there is a difference between listening on headphones and plugging the headphone output into the stereo, that will be ruled out.

Does the stereo have a delay setting for the aux input? Sometimes stereos have delay settings for their input to compensate for the delayed picture on a HDTV.