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Old 18th January 2007   #3
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Hiss becomes noticable

Hiss is often from gain-staging problems. Nothing broken, just adjusted wrong.

In a simple set-up (short cables, no patch bay), bal or unbal connections makes little difference at line levels.

Are you using powered monitors? A monitor controller or analog preamp?

Chart your analog signal path from PT converter to speaker. You want full output from the D-A converters, then attenuation to desired level at the amp (or powered speaker) input.

Using digital attenuation (low output from D-A converter), and having the amp (or powered speaker) cranked could cause noticeable hiss.

kk.
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