Ferrite on audio leads passing near PC?

Don · 2009-03-26T18:46:04+00:00

At home, I often use some screened audio leads which carry speech signals at about 100 to 200 mV. The leads may carry one or two signals (mono or stereo) and may be about 1m or 2m long. They are not balanced.Sometimes it's unavoidable but my audio lead has to pass near a PC and also about 6 inches below and in front of a CRT display. I want to avoid electrical noise interfering with the audio signal. (1) Would it help to clip some ferrite on the audio lead? If so, then at which point on the lead is the best place? (Source, destination, where lead passes near causes of interference). Is it better to use more than one ferrite?(2) For a given max outer lead diameter of about 3mm (maybe 4mm), I guess some audio leads are better at intereference shielding than others. I'm in the UK; is there a type of decently shielded audio leads you might recommend without getting into really expensive stuff. (I can add the connectors.)

Mar 26, 2009 101 Replies

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