[linux-audio-user] Re: My Edirol UA-20 arrived, but now I have a big problem!

[Denis Bach]

It's safest to plug the equipment all into the same circuit.

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:01:18 +0100 Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org>
writes:
> Hi Steve,
> Steve Harris hat gesagt: // Steve Harris wrote:
> 
> > Yup, I've had ground loops on my dell when connecting to a 
> projector
> > and a mixer. Put a DI box between the laptop and amp or unplug 
> from
> > the mains :)
> 
> Seems I'm bitten really really hard by this ground loop problem, so
> hard that I
> a) am desperate and
> b) might need to return the box and shell out 100 EUR more for
>    a Quattro. But I'm not sure, if I get the ground loop again...
> 
> So I'd like to try a direct input box at first. Can you recommend a
> device?  Normally I only connect to my hifi amp, so cinch-cinch
> connections would be fine. I did a bit of googling and found, that
> passive DI boxes are the way to go in my situation. Or the Monacor
> FGA-40, which is simply a cinch-cinch cable with a heavy ground 
> filter
> in the middle and is around 20 EUR. 
> 
> OTOH, this one: http://www.interspaceind.co.uk/pcaudiobb.php, is 
> way
> too expensive...
> -- 
>  Frank Barknecht                               _ 
> ______footils.org__
> 
> 

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