Hi all,
thought I'd come and test some hi-fi knowledge as I'm not all that clued up!
I've got myself a little one input amp (Muse EX2) and am very happy with it - does a good job with my ipod and some old B&W Dm110s which was the only thing i had hooked up. I've just come into possession of a KAM BDX 280 deck so would like to hook that up.
So, ideally I'd be able to have the ipod and the deck both plugged in at once. I bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170776875012?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_1524wt_1396
which I hoped would do the job - not a pro-audio cable or anything like that but that's not what I'm after. Standard no frills cables like this are fine for my needs.
The problem - the cable seems unbelievably noisy. When plugged in like this:
Deck------------>pre-amp------------>amp with the stacker between pre-amp and amp, it is very noisy, huge humming sounds and distorted playback of records. If I then plug the ipod into the stacker so both sources are plugged in, the noise is overwhelming, more or less louder than the music.
Likewise, if I take the cable from the ipod to the amp and leave the deck out, I still get a nasty, loud humming.
It's not the deck or pre-amp - when plugged in with a standard cheapo rca-rca it sounds fine.
So..... is it a bad cable (my first thought)? Or.... is this kind of cable always a bad idea for what I want to do and I should just make do with fiddling about around the back of the TV unit when I want to change inputs? Basically, should I go back to the complany that sold me the cable and complain or just accept that this kind of cable is not going to do what I want?
Cheers,
Rich
thought I'd come and test some hi-fi knowledge as I'm not all that clued up!
I've got myself a little one input amp (Muse EX2) and am very happy with it - does a good job with my ipod and some old B&W Dm110s which was the only thing i had hooked up. I've just come into possession of a KAM BDX 280 deck so would like to hook that up.
So, ideally I'd be able to have the ipod and the deck both plugged in at once. I bought one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170776875012?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_1524wt_1396
which I hoped would do the job - not a pro-audio cable or anything like that but that's not what I'm after. Standard no frills cables like this are fine for my needs.
The problem - the cable seems unbelievably noisy. When plugged in like this:
Deck------------>pre-amp------------>amp with the stacker between pre-amp and amp, it is very noisy, huge humming sounds and distorted playback of records. If I then plug the ipod into the stacker so both sources are plugged in, the noise is overwhelming, more or less louder than the music.
Likewise, if I take the cable from the ipod to the amp and leave the deck out, I still get a nasty, loud humming.
It's not the deck or pre-amp - when plugged in with a standard cheapo rca-rca it sounds fine.
So..... is it a bad cable (my first thought)? Or.... is this kind of cable always a bad idea for what I want to do and I should just make do with fiddling about around the back of the TV unit when I want to change inputs? Basically, should I go back to the complany that sold me the cable and complain or just accept that this kind of cable is not going to do what I want?
Cheers,
Rich