after having both for about a decade these are still two of my favorite audio things. I wanted this SX-3600 receiver since I saw one new when I was about 10yrs old, couldn't convince my parents to buy me one in 1980~ but found this one for $80 at an estate sale, was VERY stoked. My DT770...

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Lol.. forgot the OS : Win 11 Pro (os is fully updated as are drivers and bios) ... Honestly I don't even remember what I meant by "idle" now it was late and or I may have had a couple beverages... but :: All the various amps are dead quite if not attached to the PC but if the pc is just sitting...

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This circa 1980~ Pioneer SA-710 is one of the few things I own that can actually drive these Fostex T50RP headphones... these things are a right pain to drive...

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so currently I am listenting to my PC with the following SMSL SU-1 (optical input from motherboard) > Creek OBH-11 > DT770 Pro 80s and it sounds great.. The DAC (SMSL) is hooke up to a separate powerbank for power .. no noise / static..etc .... The problem is something with the USB power...

PC is about 1.5~yrs old, Specs i7-12700K / X690 Aorus Elite AX / 32GB DDR5 (corsair ddr5 5200) / Samsung 980 Pro 2TB / RTX3070FE and reusing a case from 2014 (NZXT H630 and Seasonic X750 power supply.) It isn't the amp as I have multiple amps (Creek OBH-11 / FiiO E09K / DV336SE / Sony...

Well.... I have done additional troubleshooting and nothing helps.. made sure all equipment on same power-strip, disconnected all other USB devices except the SMSL SU-1 problem persists.. I'm now trying to decide if to try to find a DAC with better (galvanic?) isolation or if to try buying the...

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