• Reviews around loop (1.05 of 5)

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

    • Best ground loop isolator found for the price
    • The PAC ground loop isolator completely cancels the high pitched whistling sound coming from the phone.
    • However, I have sub-woofers in my vehicle, and whatever this ground loop isolator does to eliminate sound also eliminated the frequency of audio for the subs
    • Isolate those filthy ground loops and trap them forever like the ghosts busters with those glowy-trappy things they used to throw out.
    • 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 had a ground loop that was driving me up a wall, 90% of the time it was barely audible but that other 10%
    • These little boxes can work wonders to remove ground loop buzz and hum from your radio.
    • Five stars for a product that eliminated 100% of the noise related to ground loop
    • I bought this because I had a Sena SR10 unit which lacked ground loop isolation, and the ground loop it was getting from the radar detector was rendering it unusable
    • Isolated the ground loop on my computer audio out.
    • I have never heard the existence of a ground loop noise isolator until a few months ago in a random slickdeals thread that discussed the high pitched whine associated to engine revving and phone connected to the aux port
    • Zero ground loop hum
    • and I came to the conclusion that Ground loop noice isolators were a poor way to solve the issue cause by a ground loop
    • Eliminates static noise loops or whatever the technical term is.
    • Some have mentioned a ground loop isolator that worked for them
    • If you need a ground loop isolator, this works very well
    • The mixer/power amp combo is notoriously susceptible to ground loops and other sources of static interference and it turns out my laptop produces plenty of the static interference.
    • I wasn't sure if this "ground loop noise isolator" would work on the static (which is not ground loop noise
    • Installed the PAC Ground Loop Isolator and no more whine!
    • This ground loop noise isolator completely removed it
    • They claimed this device wasn't actually a ground loop isolator, rather a cheaper alternative to reduce interference
    • I did not hear the usual 60Hz hum that we associate with a "ground loop".
    • I started looking into in-car Bluetooth kits, and people mentioned getting ground-loop noise isolators to eliminate any interference
    • Having once played in a band I knew this was caused by a ground loop
    • Added the loop noise isolator to the direct feed to my camera and the problem was solved.
    • I had a nasty ground loop in the center console AUX port when using my iPhone, it was super annoying.
    • Many of the reviews for it say that you need to use a ground loop isolator with it, and sure enough there's a lot of noise in the line without one
    • Somewhere along the line he picked up what he calls "ground loop" interference.
    • For reference, I'm using this with the Kinivo BTC450 (great product, just missing the ground loop
    • It is a simple 1/8" stereo extension cable with a ground loop isolator in the middle and it completely alleviated the problem
    • I never get ground loop hum using this.
    • The PAC ground loop isolator eliminated the noise, but also reduced the volume to the point that I had to crank the stereo to full volume to hear the radio at highway speed, but it was acceptable.
    • So when your phone is plugged in to charge AND also to the audio input, you'll get a ground loop which produces nasty and annoying static in the pauses between songs
    • , I own a 2007 Prius and I like to play music from my phone through car radio aux in connector but would get a lot of noise when playing music while charging phone, after a doing a little research the most reasonably sounding message boards recommended getting a ground loop isolator, this was the least expensive one (prime) that had the correct connectors (3.5 mm stereo mini which is a fancy name for typical headphone
    • So for us, this device was not to improve sound quality, but to break the feedback loop that disconnected the sound
    • In conjunction with the Kinivio Bluetooth, ground loop noise was completely reduced to zero and we are full up streaming Bluetooth from two phone simultaneously.
    • You want the device completely isolated by a transformer which breaks any noise ground loops to the stereo component.
    • It was awesome to add controls and a wireless connection to my car, but I had the dreaded ground loop buzz since the BT adapter ran off the 12V accessory port
    • In trying to plug every combination and order of the car input, 3.5 mm cable, ground loop isolator, phone, and phone charger my Galaxy S6 decided that it needed to do an emergency factory reset
    • Radio Shack and Fry's both carried only ground loop isolators with RCA cables that would have required another adapter to fit the 3.5mm aux cable, so I ordered this
    • I had a bluetooth unit that had horrible ground loop, REALLY loud(Homespot NFC unit)
    • Before installing the ground loop isolator, it was impossible to listen to audiobooks, softer music, or talk to someone on the phone through the bluetooth receiver
    • The PAC ground loop isolator solved the problem.
    • I'd never heard of a ground loop isolator until my Bluetooth Aux Car Kit arrived five days ago
    • Nothing worked until I finally found an article that mentioned ground loop isolators
    • Took care of a really bad ground loop.
    • The way it works is its circuitry isolates any ground loops in your stereo (depending upon how it was installed, you may have a bad ground and that can cause an annoying whine).HIGHLY recommended for anyone who wants to listen to their music and charge at the same time.
    • very crappy quality 3.5mm connections, if the cables move even slightly the sound cuts out - don't buy this, better to buy a ground loop isolator with RCA connections.
    • This ground loop noise isolator fixed the problem!
    • I thought that because it was not a 4 channel loop noise isolator, that the noise would be disrupted on some of the speakers or that it would not work whatsoever
    • I was in need of a ground loop noise isolator to eliminate the alternator whine that I was hearing through my speakers when using Miccus Mini-jack RX
    • Purchased for camper to stop a ground loop
    • Some have mentioned a ground loop isolator that worked for them
    • I was continually getting ground loop noise on my car's aux plug-in and this solved the problem perfectly at a very reasonable price.
    • It was only when both were plugged in to the same speaker amp that the noise appeared, a classic symptom of a ground loop.
    • Used strictly as a ground loop isolator to allow me to charge my phone and use it on aux in at the same time, it works fine
    • This device should be called "Ground Loop Noise Creator"
    • The Ground Loop Noise Isolator reduces/removes the noise generated by the power connection from the cigarette lighter/aux power to the Bluetooth Car kit through the audio connection
    • Had alot of ground loop noise before and with the PAC unit +90% of the noise is removed
    • I found myself removing the Ground Loop Noise Isolator most times except when listening to classical music.
    • It breaks the ground loop
    • Used strictly as a ground loop isolator to allow me to charge my phone and use it on aux in at the same time, it works fine
    • I knew that this was being caused by a ground loop
    • Ok ground loop isolator
    • Having both power and audio on the same device without some built-in isolation is prime opportunity for a noisy ground loop.
    • Quieted all ground loop interference noise on a very hacked car stereo system
    • I figured I needed a ground loop isolator on the power connection of the radio itself to elimate the noise but saw this and decided to give it a chance
    • I found that a Radio Shack unit, with much larger transformers, did a far better job of eliminating hum from a ground loop in my stereo.
    • Had a really weird ground loop that was creating intolerable interference on my powered 2.1 speaker system for my computer
    • The device is a transformer (well, two actually, one for each stereo channel) which is exactly what you want if you need to eliminate noise from something called a "ground loop"
    • Eliminated the annoying ground loop him after plugging in aux cable and charging at the same time
    • Eliminated ground loop noise I was having when using bluetooth to stream music from iphone to car.
    • I had horrible background noise with a Bluetooth connector for my iPhone and Camry aux input, but the PAC ground loop isolator really helped
    • I read online that a ground loop isolator might help, and I bought this from Amazon
    • Already put in 1 recommended ground loop isolator some years back and the problem went away
    • Doesn't decrease volume substantially and completely removes ground loop noise in my minivan.
    • For those unfamiliar, if you ever notice a whine or hum when you have your phone charging and plugged in to the auxiliary input that is most likely a ground loop
    • This is exactly what it says it is, a ground loop isolator.
    • Those reviewers who had a huge loss probably had TERRIBLE ground loop and that is because their car is old or built poorly and the grounds got dirty or loose.
    • Completely removed ground loop noise from the right side
    • Zero ground loop hum
    • Use it for the scanner in my car to avoid ground loop noise while using external wired speaker
    • I purchased this to fix ground loop noise in a bluetooth receiver that I bought for use in my motorhome.
    • This PAC Ground Loop Noise Isolator works so well that I can stream music from my iPhone while charging and turn my volume up to near max without an awful hiss or static
    • My Astro MixAmp is prone to ground loop buzzing and noises, and adds quite a bit of DC offset voltage to it's output.
    • Since the blue tooth device is always plugged in I always got ground loop interference
    • I used this to remove some noise, on my Macbook Pro, when looping the headphone output into a USB sound card to record it because I'm using DJ software.
    • Already put in 1 recommended ground loop isolator some years back and the problem went away
    • Which is a shame because the electrical design on this unit is otherwise good for the price compared to the competition-- Radioshack's ground loop isolator sounds [poor] like a 64kbps MP3.For my third unit that arrived yesterday, I'm pre-emptively going to inject some hot glue into the gap between the grommet and the cable to help secure it
    • Removes ground loop drone...and volume as well as bass
    • This ground loop isolater solved that issue and now the sound is noise free
    • Had a nasty ground loop with my Nexus 5 and 2009 Chevy Traverse.
    • Works great inline in my car to eliminate ground loop feedback and buzzing!
    • I bought this to remove a ground loop and possible DC battery drain from my Kindle Fire when plugged into my home stereo (my battery went from 100% to 0% overnight with the unit in standby, but audio cable plugged in).
    • Due to poor wiring design, this created a ground loop
    • I added the coax ground loop isolator first which reduced 90% of the hum, but some was still remaining.
    • Many of the reviews for it say that you need to use a ground loop isolator with it, and sure enough there's a lot of noise in the line without one
    • I highly recommend getting a ground loop noise removal unit, but you might want to be careful as they may not all be of the same quality.
    • soundI have only had the PAC SNI-1/3.5 3.5mm Ground Loop Noise Isolator for a short time, but I am very pleased with the majority of the music I listen to through this device
    • i know mini plug-rca L/R connection degrades sound a lot.
    • Shipped and received very quickly and worked like a charm - annoying high pítched whining noise experienced with Bluetooth adaptor (Kinivo BTC450) was completely abated with this device!