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Help needed with Speaker hum

ChrisRamirez
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I recently put together a hifi system but I get this awful speaker hum. It stays at a constant volume. It’s also always present no matter which input I’m on. Anyone know what could cause this type of hum (sound recording attached) 

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It's almost certainly a ground loop. Are all your equipment plugged into the same socket, or at least on the same ground circuit?

 

https://www.audioholics.com/home-theater-connection/ground-loops-eliminating-system-hum-and-buzz

 

Here's some reading that might help you.

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That is absolutely ground loop noise, It's constant on any input and constant on any volume

 

LTT's Resident Porsche fanboy and nutjob Audiophile.

 

Main speaker setup is now;

 

Mini DSP SHD Studio -> 2x Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC's (fed by AES/EBU, one feeds the left sub and main, the other feeds the right side) -> 2x Neumann KH420 + 2x Neumann KH870

 

(Having a totally seperate DAC for each channel is game changing for sound quality)

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