Originally Posted by sejarzo
I have no idea at all what you are hearing.
With my SA8001 feeding my CKČIII into HD600's.....nothing playing......level of the CKČIII maxed......I hear nothing. Nothing at all regardless of where I set the volume.
With my 0404 USB feeding the same amp and headphones......connected via USB......no player app running......I hear nothing.
That claim in bold is the most preposterous piece of rot that I have ever read on this forum.
Meh, go easy on him...the kid probably had some kind of ground loop, had a 2 minute conversation about digital noise, then swapped powercords and corrected the problem. Then got excited, exagerated the claim about the 'holy grail' and now is on the defensive.