mva5580
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Having an issue I'm hoping I can get resolved.
So I've got Yamaha HS80M speakers + Yamaha sub hooked up to my PC via an XLR to 3.5mm adapter (I have a Soundblaster Zx) and I've got this hum/buzz that I'm trying to get eliminated. It's not like unbearably horrible or anything....but it's there and I'd like it to go away. I know the PC source is the issue because 1) When I turn off the PC the sound goes away and 2) When I use the same XLR to 3.5mm adapter to go into my turntable preamp, I don't hear it. I've tried using the onboard sound instead of the Zx, same result. I have also hooked up the speakers with the same adapter to a laptop I have....no noise. So it is certainly something involved with that PC.
Does anyone have suggestions on things I could do to solve this problem? I'm not against changing out my sound card, if need be.
The speakers sound incredible by the way....I mean holy crap.
So I've got Yamaha HS80M speakers + Yamaha sub hooked up to my PC via an XLR to 3.5mm adapter (I have a Soundblaster Zx) and I've got this hum/buzz that I'm trying to get eliminated. It's not like unbearably horrible or anything....but it's there and I'd like it to go away. I know the PC source is the issue because 1) When I turn off the PC the sound goes away and 2) When I use the same XLR to 3.5mm adapter to go into my turntable preamp, I don't hear it. I've tried using the onboard sound instead of the Zx, same result. I have also hooked up the speakers with the same adapter to a laptop I have....no noise. So it is certainly something involved with that PC.
Does anyone have suggestions on things I could do to solve this problem? I'm not against changing out my sound card, if need be.
The speakers sound incredible by the way....I mean holy crap.