I have bought a Bluesound Node Nano to use with my Nait XS2 in the bedroom and have noticed a marked mains hum through the phones that increases as the volume is increased. It is very obvious on quiet songs so much so that is a major distraction .
I connected the Nano to the amplifier via a phono to DIN cable and have also tried a phono to phono cable but the results are the same.
Moving the Nano further away from the amplifier ie from its transformer makes no difference at all.
I have also used my old Bluesound Node 2i which has the same problem.
When I attached an old Denon CD player which has a captive mains lead the output from the headphone socket sounds great with negligible hum.
I had forgotten how much I like the XS2 but this is ruining what would otherwise sound amazing.
I suspect I have a ground loop issue but have no clue as to how to resolve this.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Before anyone wastes any time on tnis, I have found the issue by Googling it and there is lots of stuff there about Naim products and hum with the likes of Bluesound products along with possible solutions!
Thanks anyway.
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