spidert622
New Head-Fier
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Ok, so I made a thread not too long ago about a terrible background noise that my headphones made. At the end of that thread I decided that my issue was completely resolved. I came to this conclusion after using my laptop to listen to music on an outlet that had a GFCI. During this test I heard absolutely no background noise. Because of this I thought my only problem was that I needed a GFCI installed in my room. So I did this and it actually changed absolutely nothing.
I was messing around with the USB connector into my glow audio DAC thinking maybe it was something to do with that and BINGO I found the issue. As soon as I touched the metal USB connector to ANY metal part of my case I hear the same noise.
I am going to be getting a new DAC because the glow audio 1.3 cannot take optical input. Hopefully this will resolve the issue.
[size=x-small]In the mean time do you think that I built my computer incorrectly or something? I am pretty sure that the motherboard should be grounded via the 24 pin power connector. However I was stumbling through the comments of a Linus Tech tips video, and I noticed that someone else had the same motherboard as me and also heard a strange buzzing noise in their headphones. Perhaps the motherboard has an actual [/size]malfunction[size=x-small] where it is incorrectly grounded causing background noise.[/size]
[size=x-small]Optical connection to the DAC in all likelihood will fix this problem because optical being light waves should not have this issue.[/size]
[size=small]Here are my PC specs in case anybody wants to know.[/size]
Asus Rampage IV formula
I7 3820
gtx 670 4gb 3 way sli
16gb 4x 4gb 16--mhz vengeance ram
NZXtswitch 810 case
Silverstone 1200w PSU
Audio setup
computer -USB- Glow audio dac -RCA- schiit Mjolnir -4pinXLRbalanced- audeze lcd-2 rosewood
The DAC I am looking into buying is the schiit gungir as I have heard that it is an excellent DAC that compliments the Mjolnir very well.
Thanks all
I was messing around with the USB connector into my glow audio DAC thinking maybe it was something to do with that and BINGO I found the issue. As soon as I touched the metal USB connector to ANY metal part of my case I hear the same noise.
I am going to be getting a new DAC because the glow audio 1.3 cannot take optical input. Hopefully this will resolve the issue.
[size=x-small]In the mean time do you think that I built my computer incorrectly or something? I am pretty sure that the motherboard should be grounded via the 24 pin power connector. However I was stumbling through the comments of a Linus Tech tips video, and I noticed that someone else had the same motherboard as me and also heard a strange buzzing noise in their headphones. Perhaps the motherboard has an actual [/size]malfunction[size=x-small] where it is incorrectly grounded causing background noise.[/size]
[size=x-small]Optical connection to the DAC in all likelihood will fix this problem because optical being light waves should not have this issue.[/size]
[size=small]Here are my PC specs in case anybody wants to know.[/size]
Asus Rampage IV formula
I7 3820
gtx 670 4gb 3 way sli
16gb 4x 4gb 16--mhz vengeance ram
NZXtswitch 810 case
Silverstone 1200w PSU
Audio setup
computer -USB- Glow audio dac -RCA- schiit Mjolnir -4pinXLRbalanced- audeze lcd-2 rosewood
The DAC I am looking into buying is the schiit gungir as I have heard that it is an excellent DAC that compliments the Mjolnir very well.
Thanks all