Meatwad650;229081 Wrote: > I could buy that. I only hear the hum when nothing is playing, however, > and turning the SB down didn't help. It's pretty quiet - I can only > really hear it late at night when all is quiet. > > One thing of interest, though - I have another pair of the same > speakers hooked to my computer. With that pair, unlike with the SB3, I > am using the volume control they provide: > > http://www.cambridgesoundworks.com/store/category.cgi?category=acc_volume&item=c1swvolzz > > and in that application if I have the volume set halfway on that thing > then I get a very loud hum. That's why I decided to not use a similar > connector for the SB3 and just go directly from the RCA jacks (although > I use the preamp control configured on the server).
Sounds to me like the problem lies in the amp within your sub/sat. This happens often with them, and your experience using them without the SB3 and getting *more* hum seems to provide evidence for it. Unbalanced (RCA) connections can allow some potential interchassis current to flow through the cable shield, but I don't think this is your issue here - it seems much more likely to me, that the sub/sat amp is the problem. -- NewBuyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38588 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
