My Oppo hums


With my new Burson PI-160, my Oppo now hums at the speaker with the volume turned up and when still connected via ICs and on another input, passes the hum on (albeit slightly with nothing playing). There is no OFF feature on the Oppo, just standby. It was never present with the older Burson or the Classic 6.1 that I still have. If I disconnect the Oppo, the hum is gone. The mickey mouse IEC has no ground plug and that may be the problem: won't know until tomorrow when I get one with a ground plug (if they make one) Has anyone else experienced this?
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Showing 1 response by jax2

Likely the hum is not caused by either, but is the product of an ungrounded cable or sat system. Unplug the cable (COAX at the wall) and see if it goes away.

All of the Oppos so far have had no ground pin at all, so even if your cable is grounded you will not be running a grounded connection. I'm pretty sure that lack of grounding can pass through the SPDIF connection to your DAC - but someone with more knowledge on this should confirm. I know the power supply on the Oppo is definitely not its strong suit. I heard through the grapevine that they were making a concerted effort to improve on the power delivery (not sure when that may become implemented). I don't know whether this includes a standard grounded IEC connector or not. I think lack of a ground is continued with the 93, but wonder if it will be improved upon with the 95?