The ultimate goal of sound and image reproduction is realism — the kind that creates suspension of disbelief in the listener or viewer. And nothing breaks the spell like background buzz during a quiet ...

I can't seem to get my CATV feed grounded well enough to prevent ground loop noise on the audio and video from my PC (which is in another room). I grabbed the el-cheapo Radio Shack audio ground loop ...

Unwanted disturbances in the data lines between two electronic devices communicating with each other due to unbalanced reference voltages in the ground loop. Data signals can be altered, and ...

I'm trying to figure out a way to deal with a ground loop problem I have at home, this is 60hz mains hum that comes out of speakers, even when nothing is connected to the device besides power cable. I ...

Grounding of electrical systems is an often forgotten yet important design consideration. Issues with proper grounding can be complicated, confusing, and downright frustrating to solve. So much so ...

Having problems with your process controls and electrical instrumentation? The source may be a grounding disturbance known as a ground loop. According to the ANSI/ IEEE Standard Dictionary of ...

Proponents of industrial wireless technology typically talk up the benefits of reduced wiring costs and the ability of wireless to provide process information that is impossible or too expensive to ...

A circular path created between the data lines and the ground wires when electronic devices communicate with each other. When systems have earth grounds through different power sources, differences in ...

When an audio engineer first hears a faint hiss at 50 Hz or 60 Hz that seems tied to the building’s mains rather than any musician’s voice, the culprit is almost always a ground loop. In plain terms, ...