Spent 6 hours chasing a hum in my backyard studio, turned out to be a $4 outlet | Backyard Studios

Brooke Martinez · 2026-10-07T12:45:03.298077+00:00

Ran a new dedicated line out to the shed in Austin and kept getting a buzz through my monitors, so I re-soldered cables and swapped gear for 6 hours before my neighbor asked if my outlet was on the same circuit as the AC. Has anyone else had a ground loop that turned out to be something that dumb?

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