Hi artsrc, Here's my 02, no guarantees though! The SB stock power supply is a switching PS. Supplies of this type can put out RF and other noise which can be picked up and amplified by other components. Others have commented on the noise the SB supply emits, even when not connected to SB. Unplug the PS from the wall while listening to the noise if possible to see if this is what you're hearing. If so, try a linear power supply. You can find a thread about it around here somewhere.... ;)
The analog output section of SB is not bad, but you might like to try SB > DAC > headphone amp or even the built in headphone amp in a good DAC if you're looking for perfection. The SB analog line outs are affected by noise from the flourescent display, especially the right channel, so the headphone out might be affected by that too. Try dimming the display to "off" while listening to eliminate it as the source of your noise. Playing SB with volume at max like you're already doing makes it hard to hear the display noise so that's probably not the problem. Maybe it's louder on headphone out? Is your external volume control powered? Could it be a ground loop somewhere? Good luck. Rich -- richidoo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ richidoo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3097 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30645 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
