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Monitors making white noise

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:40 pm
by antics
Got some KRK Rokit G2 8s about 2/3 months ago, and they are now making white noise, its not loud compared to a normal producing volume, but its audible when nothing else is on.

Is this meant to happen? Still got a warrenty, don't remember if this was always the case...

Re: Monitors making white noise

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:54 pm
by mickledan
see if they do it unplugged (audio not mains :P )

Re: Monitors making white noise

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:56 pm
by DZA
Its more than likely to do with your cables

Re: Monitors making white noise

Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:52 pm
by press
ground loop hum? might need a ground loop isolator.

Re: Monitors making white noise

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:21 am
by Kochari
press wrote:ground loop hum? might need a ground loop isolator.
This was the problem with my RP5s.

Re: Monitors making white noise

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:15 am
by antics dub
Are the cables balanced or un-balanced? I had the same problem. I was using 1/4 in to 1/4 cables then I switched to balanced xlr and it went away.

Re: Monitors making white noise

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 5:25 am
by SunkLo
Are they in demo mode? I know some plugin trials will periodically emit white noise.


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Re: Monitors making white noise

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:25 am
by antics
Didn't realise people would keep replying :), points go to DZA and mickledan, it goes away when i unplug the cables. I am using 1/4' to 1.4', its not too bad for the minute so i don't think ill buy new cables...

Re: Monitors making white noise

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 10:57 am
by deadly_habit
are you using balanced or unbalanced cables (TS vs TRS) if TS invest in some TRS unless your audio interface doesn't have balanced outs

Re: Monitors making white noise

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:48 am
by antics
I've got TRS cables going from an Audio Kontrol 1 into balanced inputs on the back of the monitors.

Re: Monitors making white noise

Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:54 am
by deadly_habit
weird