The former one restrains the source of interference, turns down the noise triggered by power and lays out rationally the ground wires and power wires.

硬件技术如抑制干扰源、减小电源噪声、合理布局地线及电源线等。

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This unusually long potentiometer shaft allows the signal path between the audio source and the potentiometer to be kept very short, thus preventing possible interference of the signal.

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