are my headphones broken?

[shyGriff]

okay, so all of today my headphones haven't been working. what happens is, i listen to something(on itunes, youtube, tumblr, anything) and instead of hearing it normally it's super choppy. like most of the time it's silent, and then every few seconds i hear a very short part of the sound. is there something obvious i'm missing that i can easily fix, or are my headphones completely busted? helpful answers only, please.

EDIT: also, i'm using USB headphones, and the only other ones i have are kind of smashed up

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[Momentum]

have you tried using different headphones in the same audio jack? mabye the audio jack is malfunctioning.

[ThinkInvisible]

try rebooting your computer, there could be a program/process sending zillions of sound start/stop requests to the headphones because it doesn't like something

[Bahamut]

What brand are they? Not sure it matters, but I've had a couple pairs of Skullcandy buds do the same thing to me. Not sure if it was just a coincidence, or if it's the brand or whatever.

[Freeze]

try using them on a different computer

[Coolio]

Right click on the windows sound icon, select playback devices, and right click on your headset and set it as the default device.

[shyGriff]

i tried logging out and then back into the computer but that didn't do anything

i don't have a different computer to use them on

Right click on the windows sound icon, select playback devices, and right click on your headset and set it as the default device.

i don't have windows, but i have the headphones set as the default thing i think

[ThinkInvisible]

not relogging
completely restart the computer

leave it off for a few minutes if possible, something might be overheating?

[Robin Ihoodl]

not relogging
completely restart the computer

leave it off for a few minutes if possible, something might be overheating?

This fixed it for me once

Headphones were crackling like balls
Restarted pc and it fixed it.

[Coolio]

i tried logging out and then back into the computer but that didn't do anything

i don't have a different computer to use them on
i don't have windows, but i have the headphones set as the default thing i think

Is it OS X, and if so, is it a Hackintosh?

[shyGriff]

restarting seemed to have fixed it. that was weird