Hi all,
It appears I'm having a ground loop issue with my setup which is causing a hissing/mechanical sounding noise when I turn the knob past 12 o’clock on low gain. I currently have my laptop -> Topping D10 -> SMSL SP200 as well and my laptop -> external monitor. Both my external monitor and my SP200 are plugged into the same outlet (which supposedly fixes most ground loops but not mine). When I unplug my monitor from my laptop the noise goes away. Will a balanced DAC (maybe Drop SDAC Balanced?) fix this issue?
It appears I'm having a ground loop issue with my setup which is causing a hissing/mechanical sounding noise when I turn the knob past 12 o’clock on low gain. I currently have my laptop -> Topping D10 -> SMSL SP200 as well and my laptop -> external monitor. Both my external monitor and my SP200 are plugged into the same outlet (which supposedly fixes most ground loops but not mine). When I unplug my monitor from my laptop the noise goes away. Will a balanced DAC (maybe Drop SDAC Balanced?) fix this issue?
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