• Reviews around device (2.80 of 5)

    PAC SNI-1/3.5 3.5-mm Ground Loop Noise Isolator Works with iPod/Zune/iRiver and Others

    • Aside from this minor flaw, this device is absolutely magical.
    • I make music, and have KRK studio monitors attached to the computer I built, I have never been able to completely get rid of the interference from hard-drives or external devices for some reason, but with this device it's all gone!I also am running audio over an Ethernet cable and was able to use this to eliminate feedback on that cable as well
    • Device is easy to connect; however, the male plug has a loose connection.
    • This device worked perfect to remove the ground loop for my bluetooth receiver in my car (Kinivo BTC450 Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit for Cars with Aux Input Jack (3.5 mm
    • The device took all the hiss out of the aux cable in my car with minimal bass loss.
    • After some research found out that a ground loop isolator might fix the problem... as at last resort did a search in amazon and found this little/cheap device which I thought it wasn't going to work, but for the price I decided to run the risk and bought three of these, thinking that I might need one for each sound signal
    • I can't say enough good things about how well this little device works
    • This device solved my problem of connecting my Sony short wave receiver to the Lepai 2020+ Amplifier
    • Any device I plugged into the power and the audio jack in the center console would emit a high-pitched whine when I revved the engine, which I do all the time when I am next to you at a stop light
    • The device removed the hum as advertised, but it also reduced the volume to only come through one side of my headphones, as if it isolated the noise to mono instead of stereo.
    • My guess is that this device makes the input source just a little quieter, but I'm much happier increasing the volume a little and not having the whine from the engine.
    • Caution - if your audio system is gain limited, this device will add additional loss - more than 3dB.
    • My Hands free Bluetooth device had a lot of whining sounded and I couldn't listen to any music on my iPhone
    • Great lil device, highly recommended
    • This device completely fixed the problem, no more annoying high pitched squealing when the video card is under load.
    • Even worse, this device made the audio sound like it was projecting through a tin can
    • I was worrying how the device might affect the sound quality, but it turned out that the device is pretty transparent (to my untrained ears, at least)
    • This is the first item that I have ever felt compelled to review because it is simply an amazing little device
    • This device has worked miracles.
    • I use this in a gaming/pc setup to reduce static connecting the devices together that part works.
    • This little device cleared it completely and without any loss in volume too.
    • I have also tested the sound with my other friends listening to it without this amazing device and with it and no one can detect any difference other than dead silence when music isn't playing
    • This device cut out ALL the noise and haven't noticed any meaningful reduction in volume mentioned in the other reviews.
    • This little device stopped the noise.
    • You can't imagine how relieved i am not to hear this irritating noise anymore!Highly recommend this device if you are having an interfering buzzing noise in your speakers
    • Awesome little device
    • This device makes the audio clearer, even while charging
    • Wow!, this device is all you need when using Bluetooth device in your car and want to get rid of the annoying ground loop feed back when charging and using your Bluetooth adapter device at the same time, all noise just disappear, well recommended!
    • This device completely removed that whine with no impact to audio quality whatsoever (and I'm a bit fickle about these things
    • This device is pure magic: plug it, and rediscover playing music with your smartphone in the car
    • This apparently isn't recommended because it can damage your device
    • This device almost completely eliminated the noise.
    • Any experience with s better device?
    • Not the most glamorous device, but operates flawlessly
    • Best device I could imagine for the problem.
    • I thought it was going to be a failed project... this little device saved me the frustration!
    • Some day i'll look up how this mysterious device works, but until then I'll consider it magic beyond my comprehension.
    • After using PAC-SNI filter for a couple of weeks, I've noticed that the device itself creates audio interference (noise) when it's too close to the plugged in cigarette lighter charger I'm using to charge the iPod
    • This device works very well at eliminating the hum I got when I connected the TV audio out to the sound system
    • So for us, this device was not to improve sound quality, but to break the feedback loop that disconnected the sound
    • Connecting a portable electronic device to your car's DC power and audio system AUX in can result in a terrible electronic whine that will make your audio un-listenable
    • I really have to say this device is amazing
    • I'd just buy a different noise isolating device.
    • A device like this can't remove noise that's already in your sound signal for some other reason
    • If you are having this issue, I recommend this little device.
    • Used this in conjunction with a Mazda OEM aux in adapter cable and now with any device (including powered bluetooth adapter) no ground loop hum/hiss at all when listening to aux in with a phone while charging or the bluetooth adapter while actively powered.
    • When I'm running shows I don't want to have to rely on battery power, so I bought this device and it works great.
    • This device removed the whining noise from a Bluetooth Audio to Aux receiver installed in my wife's car
    • This device works great.
    • This device cleared up all of the weird noise on my car stereo when playing music from my phone.
    • To work around this, I tried another audio cable to couple this device with the audio port.
    • I installed this device and it totally killed the hum
    • this device is a waste for my application (motorcycle).
    • THIS DEVICE completely silenced the alternator noise
    • I was skeptical that this device could remove so much noise, but it did
    • This device killed every unwanted, extraneous sound emitted by my speakers when my smartphone was connected.
    • great device
    • I bought this after getting the Kinivo blue tooth hands free device.
    • This little device improved the sound so much on my car stereo that I could actually hear the musician take a breath between verses
    • I would highly recommend this device for those that are having issues with static in their ride.
    • This is a GREAT device for I have and need!
    • I'll attempt to return the defective device, but I expect the return cost will be extremely high.
    • Did some research and bought this awesome device.
    • Fantastic device and cheap.
    • 2009 Mazda3 engine noise when using AUX and powering iPod/phone from 12v power socket, this device removed noise with little apparent loss in sound quality.
    • Great device
    • All I needed was this awesome device!
    • Until I heard about this simple, cheap device
    • And to my happy surprise, this device worked as magic
    • This device works very well.
    • This device eliminate all noise from my car coming from cigarrete lighter.
    • Based on recommendations from others with the same problem I picked up this device, and it worked perfectly
    • This device did improve things but it did not completely solve my issues.
    • Remove the device and the sound quality improves drastically, but the noise is back
    • Highly recommend this device.
    • This cheap little device stopped it all
    • 3/6/2013 - Exactly 3 years and one month later -I recently bought a Bluetooth receiver to use as a hands-free device in the car.
    • My mic still picks up this noise though so I may purchase a second one to clear up that device as well.
    • A friend recommended this PAC device, which he bought for $20 at a local car stereo store, but I bought for $13 here at Amazon
    • This device worked flawlessly
    • I had a serious engine whine problem for my blackkberry bluetooth gate for my car, but after simply plugging this handy device between my aux cable and the aux input the whining is gone!
    • This little device completely eliminated the quiet but annoyingly persistent whine I was hearing due to engine noise
    • This isolator will not fix this problem, turn off all dimmers near the component and verify the sound is clean before you hook up your Smart Phone/Device too it.
    • This device worked OK
    • The feedback ignored the device
    • This device completely fixed the problem, no more annoying high pitched squealing when the video card is under load.
    • It's almost a no-brainer given how inexpensive this device is and how easy it is to install
    • I really did not want to rate this as the device did not solve our problem
    • It's an inexpensive device that takes 30 seconds to install and fixes the problem
    • There's still a very minimal amount of buzzing that can be heard if there is no audio playing and you listen very carefully, but I would say that overall this device reduced the noise by more than 85%
    • Anyways, this device works flawlessly
    • This simple device removed all the noise, and my sound quality is great.
    • This device removed the noise completely.
    • Granted, reading the reviews, this device may not work for all, but this is the first that I can remember that I rated anything five stars.
    • This little device just plugs in-line with your audio jack and it works
    • This device eliminated that noise with no noticeable loss of volume or clarity.
    • For the price this is a great little device to solve a complicated problem.
    • Wonderful device, took all the him, buzz, and static out of my XM radio.
    • However even with those issues, this device completely eliminates the audio noise
    • I received a Bluetooth music/hands-free device for our vehicle that would plug into the auxiliary (AUX) input on the deck
    • In my case, the FM transmitter's input is only 30 ohms -- a difficult device to drive
    • worked as expected for a while, but now the left speaker line stopped working. if I shake the device it'll work again for a minute, but seems to be a loose connection somehow.
    • This device has completely eliminated annoying alternator whine for me
    • This device kills that feature completely as the person on the other end hears nothing but feedback when they talk - Four starsUpdate
    • This device eliminated all noise with very little loss in audio quality.
    • The device did not reduce the whine at all but it reduced the overall volume of the music transmitted.
    • Perfect device!
    • An amazing device
    • Other wise I can't hear it during normal use, I highly recommend this product of you need an in line filter for your audio input while you are trying to charge the device.