Balanced monitor cables

[Tony Scharf]

Definitely sounds like a grounding issue.  I get the same thing with
my PA system if I have my laptop plugged in without a special noise
suppressor thing (which works wonders).  I'd definitely look into what
you have plugged in electrically .

Tony



On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Andrew Tarpinian <evildead at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> My KRK Rokit's are putting out a bit of noise/hiss. Never noticed any of these issues with my Alesis active's.
>
> Even with no input connected if I put my ear close to the speaker I can hear a hiss, turning down the gain on the monitors has no effect. It's not a huge issue and might be normal? but I'm thinking I might try playing with how everything is plugged in power wise. I'm also getting variable "computer noise" when the gain on the monitors is set on the KRK recommended +6db, when set to 0 you can't really hear it.
>
> Right now I am using unbalanced 1/4 cables and I'm thinking of trying balanced to see if it helps any of these issues (the KRK xlr and 1/4 inputs are balanced.) Anyone have any thoughts on what they use for monitor connections, should I go 1/4 TRS or XLR? etc... I'm hooking up to a motu 828 mkII, Thx
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