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clint e.- 02-17-2008
QUOTE (thedelihaus @ February 17, 2008 05:01 pm)
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alvarro, have you had any issues with the Audio alchemy DAC humming? It'd be a low-level hum. Very minor. I'm trying to figure out if it's the unit people sometimes have issue with, or if it's the power supply?

No problems what so ever with any humms in my AA. smile.gif

If it is a low frequency humm, it is most probably a ground loop somewhere.

Try to connect the AA plug the other way around in the wall outlet, just for reverse polarity, and see what happens.

Also coulsd be an interconnect cable...

BTW, tanx for your DTI quest. soundt/thumbup.gif



thedelihaus- 02-17-2008
QUOTE (clint e. @ February 17, 2008 11:38 am)
QUOTE (thedelihaus @ February 17, 2008 05:01 pm)
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alvarro, have you had any issues with the Audio alchemy DAC humming? It'd be a low-level hum. Very minor. I'm trying to figure out if it's the unit people sometimes have issue with, or if it's the power supply?

No problems what so ever with any humms in my AA. smile.gif

If it is a low frequency humm, it is most probably a ground loop somewhere.

Try to connect the AA plug the other way around in the wall outlet, just for reverse polarity, and see what happens.

Also coulsd be an interconnect cable...

BTW, tanx for your DTI quest. soundt/thumbup.gif

I don't own an AA DAC, so I haven't experienced the hum, but I can say from experience with the Entech and a few other devices, the external power supply, if too close to other gear or cables, will cause a hum.

Maybe that's what it is, the complaints or discussions some people have mentioned with the AA units. Nothing more than the external power supply too close to other stuff, causing interference.

I wished I had put a bid in for that DTI for you- I haven't seen one go that low for a while, and like I said, I was convinced it was going to sell for a whole lot more. I'll keep looking.

clint e.- 02-18-2008
Tanx Paul.
EMI's that comes from power supplies in close contact with "bad" IC's are not a good idea. wink.gif That's why a IC with a good shield against EMI's and RFI's are always a good choice.
There are so many freq's in the air nowadays... smile.gif

Making electromagnetic fields visible: wink.gif
A piece of spooky-tech, an electronic device for detecting and giving form to the invisible world of electromagnetic fields. The explanation on the site is slightly torturous artspeak, but the concept is kind of interesting.

http://scrying.org/doku.php

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