Beep tone and other unwanted audio sounds

I've looked through earlier posts, and see that this is a known issue. Also, it's been around for over three years since it was being discussed back then when I got my G5.
In my case I think it's gotten a little worse over time.
Sounds I hear, when the G5 is being monitored through an amplifier and speakers in a quiet environment are: Constand fairly high pitched, steady tone, similar to color bars tone. Continuous beeping, like heart monitor. Static and other garbage sounds when screen is updated.
In earlier posts I see that Apple pretty much discounts this. And haven't seen anyone posting an answer.
It's not awful, but it's annoying, and I agree with many... This kind of machine, which is used in so many studio applications, should not create audio sounds.
AppleCare suggested buying better cables to go from the G5 to the Amp. This did help, and I'm thinking of buying one of those super Monster type of cables to see if that helps even more.
They say it's a Ground Loop issue, which is complicated, and to eliminate it they suggest buying an isolation transformer. Not clear to me if that's used on the AC, or something you run the audio signal through.
At any rate, anyone out there with a definitive answer, would love to hear from you.
Mine seems to be related to the operation of the G5 and Amp together. This sets off these Ground Loop problems. When I monitor the G5 with head phones, I can't hear the problem. This may be related to the fact that to hear it you have to run the signal through an amp and boost the volume on the amp. Possibly there's not enough gain, when listening through phones, to hear the problem. But I think it has to do with interference when amp + computer are hooked together.
Running G5 into a Yamanha 777 amp/receiver. Sounds definitely originate with the G5.

JonG1-
That is a good description of some of the sounds that I have heard. It is really hard to pinpoint the source of some. I am convinced that most of the whining comes from my graphics card.
One of the worst culprits I have are a pair of external seagate drives that when powered on and accessed make some very annoying sounds. I think the sound has to do with FireWire data transfers. No matter what I did I could not get rid of the sound. The only thing that worked was turning off the drives.
Have you had the wiring in your house checked? I found most of the outlets in my house to be grounded properly except the ones where I was using the computer. Go figure.
Do you have this unit on a UPS? Sometimes the units that do not put out a true sin wave make those annoying noises worse.
IMHO monster cable products are very overrated and extremely over-priced.
Could you reference the posts where Apple discounts noise? My experience is that they are very forthcoming with suggestions to mitigate said noise. Ground loop is not really that complicated to troubleshoot. Plug a terminal strip into the wall and the computer, monitor, amp and speakers if powered into it. How's the noise?
Forgive me if you have seen it but I have found this document on audio noise solutions to be useful. It does address your gain concerns.
That is all I can think of at the moment.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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<TuckerKeynoteTest.zip>
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