24-Mar-2015, 17:46
(24-Mar-2015, 16:12)PhilP Wrote:(24-Mar-2015, 15:30)f1eng Wrote: Interesting that you get fewer problems and unplug your amps. As a matter of course I switch everything in the house off at the mains every night, and don't switch on until I am going to listen. I have not had white noise ever and few dropouts.
The white noise problem was first reported by Windows users and it was a considerable time before a Mac user reported it. I thought it must have been due to an Apple software change at the time.
Because of previous experience with software updates needing early debugging has not been favourable I don't update immediately, and in the case of my music iMac I am still on Mavericks.
Interestingly, I also switch off my amp regularly (almost daily) and have no problems with AIR.
This is almost certainly a contributory factor but not prime. My amps were off (at the mains) for days, and before repowering I took the PS Adio PPPs out. Result: No white noise for just about the whole day. So much so that I thought the PPPs had been the cause (rather illogical I admit).
White noise re-emerged eventually. The contribution to minimal noise was the prolonged powering down, not the PPPs.
My analogy is a bath which fills up (faster with hi-res) and overflows ( = noise ). (And probably takes a long time to empty entirely.) Stop the music and start a minute later using 16/44.1 and there is no noise for quite a while. Start using hi-res and it is back quickly.
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