On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:45:05 -1000 david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> wrote: > > Another a idea for original poster: Boot your existing hardware from > a live Linux audio distro such as Ubuntu Studio or Musix or ArtistX > or some such, and see if the noise exists. Just in case it's some > obscure setting somewhere? > Doing that now ... thanks David