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Hi All,
I've got two separate issues going on right now, in my office/home studio space and in my living room/home theatre space.
The first, in my home theatre - I have a gaming PC hooked up to my surround system and TV, which I use regularly. When plugged in normally, there's a weird high-pitched whine that's clearly audible from the rear and surround speakers any time I move the mouse.
After a ton of futzing about (with help from some folks here) I found a temporary solution: Break the earth pin off the power cable from the PC, and the noise is gone. So clearly there's some kind of noise passing through the common ground, but I'd prefer not to rely on this as the long-term solution.
The second, in my home studio, is an odd intermittent high pitched clicking that's picked up by my more sensitive mics and single-coil pickup guitars. I haven't found a solution to this problem yet - I think it might actually be the AC adapter for my Focusrite audio interface creating the sound but I'm not 100% sure yet.
I believe a good power conditioner ought to fix the first problem, and might fix the second one. I picked up an inexpensive rack mount ART PB4x4+USB power conditioner. It reduced, but did not eliminate, the mouse buzz, and made no impact on the home studio problem. It also produces quite a bit of audible noise itself, so I'm returning it.
Any suggestions for a reasonably priced non snake oil power conditioner that might completely eliminate the computer/mouse issue in my home theatre (and may as a bonus clean up the home studio issue)?
I've got two separate issues going on right now, in my office/home studio space and in my living room/home theatre space.
The first, in my home theatre - I have a gaming PC hooked up to my surround system and TV, which I use regularly. When plugged in normally, there's a weird high-pitched whine that's clearly audible from the rear and surround speakers any time I move the mouse.
After a ton of futzing about (with help from some folks here) I found a temporary solution: Break the earth pin off the power cable from the PC, and the noise is gone. So clearly there's some kind of noise passing through the common ground, but I'd prefer not to rely on this as the long-term solution.
The second, in my home studio, is an odd intermittent high pitched clicking that's picked up by my more sensitive mics and single-coil pickup guitars. I haven't found a solution to this problem yet - I think it might actually be the AC adapter for my Focusrite audio interface creating the sound but I'm not 100% sure yet.
I believe a good power conditioner ought to fix the first problem, and might fix the second one. I picked up an inexpensive rack mount ART PB4x4+USB power conditioner. It reduced, but did not eliminate, the mouse buzz, and made no impact on the home studio problem. It also produces quite a bit of audible noise itself, so I'm returning it.
Any suggestions for a reasonably priced non snake oil power conditioner that might completely eliminate the computer/mouse issue in my home theatre (and may as a bonus clean up the home studio issue)?