Some weeks ago I bough a new set of Audioengine A5+ speakers to replace my old Logitech Z-2300 2.1 set. I was happy with the latter, but lets say I felt it was time to get something better.
I allowed the A5+'s to 'burn in' for a few weeks at lower volume. Once I felt it was time to crank up the volume a bit, I started noticing some background distortion when I was simply moving my mouse, and when there was network activity. I don't mean the steady hissing (pink noise, or what is it called). It's quite annoying during quieter sections or when I'm not playing audio but still have the speakers on higher volume. And I never noticed this when I was still using my Logitechs…
I've made a short recording with my smartphone and put it on YouTube. https://youtu.be/nH1S8KKng3A.
I thought I'd be able to get rid of it by adding a USB DAC (Audioengine D3) between my desktop and speakers, but it doesn't make any difference.
Does anyone have another trick up their sleeve?
I thought perhaps adding an Audioquest Jitterbug could help?? But I'm not sure if it's intended for this kind of problem.
I have a rather simple setup btw:
Asus Z170M-Plus motherboard, with onboard Intel I219-V NIC and onboard Realtek ALC887. My digital music is streamed from a Synology DS414.
I know the ALC887 isn't the best chip out there, but thus far I didn't notice any issues. And the USB DAC completely bypasses it, right?
Some weeks ago I bough a new set of Audioengine A5+ speakers to replace my old Logitech Z-2300 2.1 set. I was happy with the latter, but lets say I felt it was time to get something better.
I allowed the A5+'s to 'burn in' for a few weeks at lower volume. Once I felt it was time to crank up the volume a bit, I started noticing some background distortion when I was simply moving my mouse, and when there was network activity. I don't mean the steady hissing (pink noise, or what is it called). It's quite annoying during quieter sections or when I'm not playing audio but still have the speakers on higher volume. And I never noticed this when I was still using my Logitechs…
I've made a short recording with my smartphone and put it on YouTube. https://youtu.be/nH1S8KKng3A.
I thought I'd be able to get rid of it by adding a USB DAC (Audioengine D3) between my desktop and speakers, but it doesn't make any difference.
Does anyone have another trick up their sleeve?
I thought perhaps adding an Audioquest Jitterbug could help?? But I'm not sure if it's intended for this kind of problem.
I have a rather simple setup btw:
Asus Z170M-Plus motherboard, with onboard Intel I219-V NIC and onboard Realtek ALC887. My digital music is streamed from a Synology DS414.
I know the ALC887 isn't the best chip out there, but thus far I didn't notice any issues. And the USB DAC completely bypasses it, right?