I just swapped out my amp -- went from a Bryston 3BSST to a Cary Cinema 2 -- and now I'm getting major hum as well. I've had (and solved) ground loop problems before, but I don't think this is the issue here. For some reason the Transporter and Cary amp don't get along. I'm going straight from the Transporter to the amp via RCAs.
The hum is loud enough that I can hear it from four feet away, so I'd call it a pretty serious issue. Interestingly, the hum more or less vanishes when I switch to balanced mode. But then I am forced to keep the Transporter volume level well below 50%. So now I'm forced to buy attenuators... Kinds wish I had stuck with the Bryston amp. Any thoughts from Slimdevices about this? PS: My USB DAC1, which I just sold, drove the amp directly without hum as well. I only used it in balanced mode, as the XLR output can be attenuated. -- gregeas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gregeas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5877 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45832 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
