I wanted to share this noise control tip with anyone who is trying to use their dongle as a DAC to feed into a separate amplifier: If you are struggling with noise when converting the dongle's 3.5mm output to an input that your amplifier will accept, I am having great results with the...

The amp's details can be found here: https://littledotus.com/?product=ld-y2 This is my most expensive audiophile equipment purchase. The humming sounds are driving me crazy. So I tried a few things to diagnose: 1) The hum is NOT affected by the volume knob at all. 2) The hum on the balanced...

Moved to a new apartment, newly built complex. Getting buzzing/hum(60hz hum?) coming through both my speakers and headphone amp(through the headphones). Turning the volume up makes the buzzing louder on both. Buzzing happens regardless of having an input or not. It is bad enough that I have not...

Hello guys, sorry basically a beginner in DIY, but anyways here's the story: I just purchased an old amp, and there is a distracting hum on the left channel. I was told that this could be because the capacitors "dried out". Now this hum is present on my HD558 and 650 (but less so), however on my...