Chasing a noise in my DAC/AMP

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@Bob

If I turn my Agard volume pot up to like 80% I can hear noise / hums that change frequency when I move my mouse or do anything on the computer. I guess my question is, do you think this noise comes through at listening levels which are around 30-40% volume?

80% seems like a lot of gain. Make sure your OS and player volumes are at 100%. Then, can you still hear that noise?

If you’re not 100% in OS volume, you’re reducing SNR and undesired artifacts can come into play when you’re cranking your amp up.

@Bob

I’m wondering if going completely balanced will remove this too?

Probably not.

See if this thread can help you quantifying the noise:

Simple exercise for assessing the noise levels in your system

Folks, A few weeks ago I wanted to know what is the noise level of my system, so I created a couple of WAV files containing white noise at different volumes. Idea is simple. By playing a bunch of WAV files and adjusting the volume knob in the headphone amp until the noise can be heard. Then move to next quieter file – see F.A.Q. down below for detailed instructions. Here’s the link for the files – use at your own risk Just out of curiosity, how noisy is my system? Well below my own “…

Have you contacted Schiit support?

Hope that helps.