"on the audio and computer front. Has anyone plugged a MacBook into an audio system and had nasty hums and buzzes, I’ve not, yet PCs really struggle to be noise free. Sure, you can make a PC noise free with either care or knowledge, and an avoidance of certain makes, but how many times do we tell people to pull out the power cable and see if the noise goes away, and it does."
Are you saying Rob that macs are never a cause of ground loop problems? If so I would say that is merely a function of their PSU design and nothing to do with their superiority for audio work.
I have owned/messed with about 4 Windows desktops and 5 or more laptops. They have been connected to a variety of interfaces and my Tannoy monitors (3 pin IEC) I have never had a ground loop problem in some 15 years.
As for the internet debacle...Why S or B? My son has turned off the web on a rather old and slow HP laptop and uses it just to run software synths. He keeps his later W10 Lenovo online but runs Cakewalk with that. No problem.
Dave.
Are you saying Rob that macs are never a cause of ground loop problems? If so I would say that is merely a function of their PSU design and nothing to do with their superiority for audio work.
I have owned/messed with about 4 Windows desktops and 5 or more laptops. They have been connected to a variety of interfaces and my Tannoy monitors (3 pin IEC) I have never had a ground loop problem in some 15 years.
As for the internet debacle...Why S or B? My son has turned off the web on a rather old and slow HP laptop and uses it just to run software synths. He keeps his later W10 Lenovo online but runs Cakewalk with that. No problem.
Dave.