Am I doing something wrong?
In most situations, using modern kit which has electronically balanced IO, then screened twisted pairs do fine, and any hum loops have no noticeable effect. If they do, a couple of transformers will generally fix it.
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Does it hum when only the pre and monitors are connected together?
No inputs connected to the pre?
Good transformers are completely transparent, and I use Sowter transformers myself, but they're not cheap, around £60 / $80 each.I was led to believe transformers more or less degrade sound. I usually don't believe audiophoolery pseudoscience mumbojumbo but never really researched the topic fully. You'd argue they don't cause problems? What type of xformers?
No hum in that scenario. When pre connects to PC with an usb cable it gets really noisy.
When pre connects to PC with an usb cable it gets really noisy.
They don't. I live in Europe though, so everything is wired together, no split stuff like in the states.Are the pre and the PC and the monitors sharing the same electrical outlet?
TRS and XLR are both balanced. So an adapter like that would be fine and not cause any problems.They don't. I live in Europe though, so everything is wired together, no split stuff like in the states.
Those trafo's are way to expensive for what I'm trying to achive. My guess is that simply the shield and the ground is ... wait... ohmygod.jpg
I just went to check, ofcourse. Ur22mk2 has balanced trs out, so I used a balanced trs/xlr cable to connect it to the monitors. That's probably the reason, right? Shit. That also means balanced won't solve it in my particular scenario :/
Trafo's are expensive, usb isolator chips work fine with everything ecxept the ur22mk2. Kill me.
The simplest and cheapest way is to remove the screen from one end of the cable to the monitors, so if there is noise on the screen, it won't get through. This will still maintain the balance and differential connection. The next cheapest is to use a USB isolator between PC and UR22, although as the UR22 is bus powered, I'm not sure how that will work, as the power has to get through so I expect it'll depend on what sort of isolator you're using, and whether it provides onwards power. As far as I know, most don't, they just pass on the data, so you may need to look around.They don't. I live in Europe though, so everything is wired together, no split stuff like in the states.
Those trafo's are way to expensive for what I'm trying to achive. My guess is that simply the shield and the ground is ... wait... ohmygod.jpg
I just went to check, ofcourse. Ur22mk2 has balanced trs out, so I used a balanced trs/xlr cable to connect it to the monitors. That's probably the reason, right? Shit. That also means balanced won't solve it in my particular scenario :/
Trafo's are expensive, usb isolator chips work fine with everything ecxept the ur22mk2. Kill me.
I'm not familiar with Euro home wiring but I had the same issue here and solved it by lifting the ground on the PC with a 3-2 adapter.They don't. I live in Europe though, so everything is wired together, no split stuff like in the states.
I'm not familiar with Euro home wiring but I had the same issue here and solved it by lifting the ground on the PC with a 3-2 adapter.
I do the same for the rear powered speakers in the vid set up. As the box is non-conductive I think it's okay. But it's bad safety wise. It would be a bigger concern on a desktop PC with a metal case.I'm not familiar with Euro home wiring but I had the same issue here and solved it by lifting the ground on the PC with a 3-2 adapter.