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Well, spent all yesterday evening working on this thing. Removed the motherboard and soldered in the "stealing points" after the R-C filter instead of directly out of the DAC.
However, I noticed a much obvious thing and it's that the motherboard wasn't grounded. Duh!
How did this happen?
Well Technics grounds the motherboard only at the RCA jacks,and those I had completely removed in order to install my new ones. The circuit board doesn't have any other grounding points. The screw holes are not grounded.
So, I went ahead and added a ground cable at the spot where the RCA output ground was and attached that to my star grounds.
At this point it was almost midnight so I didn't test anything.
So I'll fire it up again later today or tomorrow. Hopefully the noise will be gone!
However, I noticed a much obvious thing and it's that the motherboard wasn't grounded. Duh!
How did this happen?
Well Technics grounds the motherboard only at the RCA jacks,and those I had completely removed in order to install my new ones. The circuit board doesn't have any other grounding points. The screw holes are not grounded.
So, I went ahead and added a ground cable at the spot where the RCA output ground was and attached that to my star grounds.
At this point it was almost midnight so I didn't test anything.
So I'll fire it up again later today or tomorrow. Hopefully the noise will be gone!