CPU whine through one monitor speaker

Marc Nostromo [M-.-n] marc.nostromo at gmail.com
Sun May 24 10:54:23 CEST 2020


Sounds like USB noise to me... try unplugging anything in you computer but
the audio interface, swap the port it is connected to etc.. there are usb
isolator out there too.

Le sam. 23 mai 2020 à 17:16, deeplfo <deeplfo at gmail.com> a écrit :

> I agree, it's always the cables :-)
>
> For sure the last time I had to fix a similar noise issue. it was
> definitely the cables.
>
> mohsen
>
>
>
> On Saturday, May 23, 2020, 01:52:55 AM PDT, Ibi Sum <ibisum at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> What else is plugged into your power strip that lowers everything?
>
> Got floor lanterns or desk lamps? Those are bad. New hard drive? Shitty
> new USB cable somewhere?
>
> The whole circuit contains a lot of paths.  It’s always the cable.
>
> ;
> --
> seclorum
>
> > On 22.05.2020, at 17:43, Tony Hardie-Bick <tony at entity.net> wrote:
> >
> > As regards the half hour time interval, is that how long it takes for
> > your laptop to stop charging its internal battery and therefore consume
> > less power?
> >
> > Otherwise, am thinking this could provide an excuse to buy a 'scope :)
> >
> >> On 22/05/2020 14:58, Joost Schuttelaar wrote:
> >> Hey guys! :)
> >>
> >> Here’s one… since about a week I’m getting a super annoying noise
> through only one of my Equator D8’s. You can hear it here:
> https://jstsch.com/misc/2020/5/2020-05-02_equator-noise.m4a
> >>
> >> “It’s always the cable” as Gert would say. But it’s not, swapped the
> balanced jacks around, and also swapped the monitor position, in case there
> was more RF at that spot than the other. Makes no difference.
> >>
> >> * The monitor speakers are directly connected by balanced stereo jacks
> from a Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 V2.
> >> * When I unplug my displays (and the laptop is running from battery
> power), the noise stops.
> >> * The noise is not always there. Today it struck me that it seems to
> disappear after the speakers have been powered up for about half an hour.
> >> * Everything is powered from the same circuit.
> >>
> >> Might it be a bad capacitor in the offending Equator, which causes
> ‘dirty’ power with CPU noise to leak through?
> >>
> >
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