Ground-Looping Problem
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I'm attempting to build my first stereo system with a little help from you guys. Up until now hi-fi has always meant hitting the road with my Sennheiser's, ipod and portable amp, but I want to be able to come home, take my ipod out of my bag drop it into a system that sounds as great as my 'phones.
I'm new to the hobby and want to spend about $1000 (pretty typical from reading this forum). I've read many of the posts on this forum and this is what I'm thinking at the moment:
The cd player is not more a suited hifi reproducer today.
The quality it's give you related the price is very low.
The new format you have to use is an usb device theat means:
hard disk
memory
telephone connection
Using a Teac Wap5000 costing 250$ you can:
reproduce internet radio also at 320kb/s
record it on HD
reproduce with media player selection by its graphic terminal of what you have ob hd/memory usb or connected wireless by your pc.
The quality of mp3 using its internal DAC is at level of cd player costing 500 $.
Some time ago, I posted here about my need for some good "bookshelf" speakers and, thought a bit of research, I determined the AudioEngine 5's would suite my needs.
I then posted that they lacked just a little in the bass area, and that I missed it.
But tonight, with my wife and child away for the weekend, I was able to crank these speakers up a bit as I would like, but which would normally wake a 3 year old and I found the bass.
My feet want to feel the bass.
I have read a lot of forums on this, but for me, all the solutions given have not worked for me. I keep getting oud buzzing noise in my right speakers. Here is my scenario. I have a Macintosh Powerbook.
The audio out of the laptop goes into an M-Audio MobilePre (Audio Interface)
From there, White/Red RCA output cables WITH a ground-loop isolator connect to my Onkyo receiver.
From there the Onkyo receiver connects to 2-sets of speakers. Speaker set A and B.