Have you ever recorded with the remote and listened to it without the remote? Try monitoring through the line out, there won't be any ticking noise. When using the remote during recording, it may decrease the sound floor, but I can not hear any audible difference. Start a recording, and monitor it through the line out. Insert the remote, unplug the remote, can you still hear the noise. The noise is only added to the headphone output and not the recording, at least for both of my units.