My Situation - Bought a pair of polk monitor 30 bookshelf speakers to use on my computer. Also bought a lepai lp-2020a+ tripath amp to power them.
My problem - I can hear every piece of electronic noise from inside my computer through my speakers. Hard drives, webpages loading, mouse movement, etc.
Possible solutions -
1. External DAC --to-- AMP --to-- speakers
2. External Soundcard/DAC --to-- AMP --to-- speakers
3. External DAC/Amp --to-- speakers
Items within budget are (other suggestions are welcome)...
a. DAC/amp - Topping TP30 This only has the tripath 2024 vs the 2020 that can be had in other amps.
b. Soundcard/DAC - Soundblaster THX SB1095
c. Amp - I'll probably replace the Lepai as I want one with a muted on/off. Maybe the Topping TP20-MK2 This one has the Tripath 2020 chip.
Side Notes: I am using my on board audio chip but from the research I did I concluded that even when some people upgraded to a dedicated internal sound card they still could hear the electronic noise through their speakers. Never had this problem previous to buying the speakers and amp. Use to use logitech 5.1 system.
SUM - What solution do you think is best based on my situation, problem, and selected solutions?
My problem - I can hear every piece of electronic noise from inside my computer through my speakers. Hard drives, webpages loading, mouse movement, etc.
Possible solutions -
1. External DAC --to-- AMP --to-- speakers
2. External Soundcard/DAC --to-- AMP --to-- speakers
3. External DAC/Amp --to-- speakers
Items within budget are (other suggestions are welcome)...
a. DAC/amp - Topping TP30 This only has the tripath 2024 vs the 2020 that can be had in other amps.
b. Soundcard/DAC - Soundblaster THX SB1095
c. Amp - I'll probably replace the Lepai as I want one with a muted on/off. Maybe the Topping TP20-MK2 This one has the Tripath 2020 chip.
Side Notes: I am using my on board audio chip but from the research I did I concluded that even when some people upgraded to a dedicated internal sound card they still could hear the electronic noise through their speakers. Never had this problem previous to buying the speakers and amp. Use to use logitech 5.1 system.
SUM - What solution do you think is best based on my situation, problem, and selected solutions?