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No, I would not use that power brick. The voltage is different. Basically, the voltage rating determines compatibility, and the amperage rating determines capacity. Running a higher voltage than normal will subject the laptop to conditions it's not equipped to handle. If you give a device more...

If you're comfortable with electrical tools, you can rewire the splitter and reverse the headphone channels. That would correct the issue, but you'd need to buy a male 3.5mm TRS connector. Alternatively, you could simply cut the headphone portion of the splitter and solder the left channel's...

The amp can't really drive the shakers. It doesn't have the headroom. You should get something with an output of 200+ Watts, and it should be rated for 2 ohm loads. Then, run each shaker on a separate channel for the best results.

It really depends on what you want out of the headphones. If you want headphones that are as accurate as they get in terms of frequency and phase response, the Beyerdynamic DT880s are your best bet. Their only real flaw is that if the mastering process was even slightly flawed, you'll be able to...

Probably isn't your SSD. Are you using HDMI out for audio?

It's class AB, not class A. The problem is in the general area of the power transformer. I would bet good money that the manufacturer skimped on the transformer, and it's dying as a result. There's also another issue with the shakers that you're using. Because they have quite a bit of mass...

In order for the hardware to run at 192 kHz sampling rate, it has to resample all audio streams from the usual 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz to 192 kHz. 192 kHz is also known to cause many issues beyond slightly distorted audio. These include inaccurate normalization, increased background noise, increased...

Does it change when you stress test your GPU?

My first guess is that there's a power quality problem. USB audio devices tend to let power supply noise through to the outputs. The problem usually comes from the PSU, and if the USB device doesn't take steps to protect against this kind of noise, you will be able to hear it. Whether or not it...

As stated above, that's the wrong kind of amplifier. While you could butcher your headphones to get it to work (sort of), it would be worse than onboard sound in most cases. If you really want a headphone amp, get an O2/ODAC from JDS Labs or Mayflower Electronics. It's a true headphone amp, and...

Can you post a recording of it? You can probably record it using the stereo mix recording device. Also, it's probably not a ground loop. Those are really rare in practice, and lots of people incorrectly attribute many unidentified issues to 'ground loops'. As a rule of thumb, you may run into...

Please clarify your setup. From what I can tell, it looks like this: Speakers: - 1 x 7.1 powered set - 1 x 5.1 powered set? - 3 x passive stereo pairs - 1 x built in speakers (I have no idea what they're built into, nor how many channels are involved) Sources: - 1 x 7.1 source, type...