Alright guys, i'm trying to find the root to my problem.
are you guys having any floor noise or static using the e18 as dac only with a pc?
heres my chain pc>e18>lyr2>lcd-2 or he-500. both headsets, i'm getting hissing.
source material is cd's
alright this a repost from the schiit thread. but just to let all of you e18 owners know you have a great dac/amp from my findings.
So I tried unplugging pieces and turned the volume up after I took each piece of equipment, and my findings are interesting. So this is what I did
1. turned off music with every part of the chain hooked up. found out that my pc is the one emitting interference. beeping and hissing coming out of headphones when volume at full.
2. unplugged usb from pc to e18, volume all the way up, got dead silence
3. unplugged jack from e18 to lyr, volume all the way up, got hissing and static. What!?
4. see step 2, dead silence, what!?
5. see step 3, hissing and static, what!?, wait let me change out the tubes.
6. let tubes cool down and changed to Bugle Boy, static and hissing with Bugle Boys too.
so in conclusion. what I found out is the e18 is a badass dac/amp for what it cost, I have to build another comp with a better mother board, and the lyr2 produces floor noise. If anyone wants to test it out on their lyr2 and find different results please post. This is just all my findings with the unit that I have.