Hi,
New user here! I got my Vana player today. I am using it as a 2.0 with my external amplifier and speakers (Nam 5i + Vienna Bach).
First: Congratulations to the developers of this combo/DAC! I am really liking what I hear. In my oppinion it sounds better than some quite expensive DACs, will post a review later. However I have some questions:
I am hearing quite a lot of floor-noise (my amplifier is dead silent with my other DACs, and I have a power conditioner for the line). I did switched from Ethernet to WiFi and the noise reduced substantially, but there is still some amount of "white noise" when the device is in mute/pause/standby. The noise disappear if I unplug the Vana from the power outlet (I am using the standard power supply in the kit).
Am I alone on this? Do I have a faulty unit? Do you think it is coming from digital domain (i.e. better filtering stages will deal with this?), or maybe I have some improper grounding somewhere?
Any ideas to try?
Thanks for your advice.