darrenyeats;405584 Wrote: > Oh dear, this is the linear PS I bought. What's the executive summary? > Am I better off using the switchmode supply, technically speaking? > > Whether the difference is audible is another question - as I've said in > the past, phew ;) > Darren
Well the design may be somewhat dodgy from a reliability standpoint, but I have to say that when I did my PSU ADF tests there was no detectable difference between the Stontronics and (a recent generation of) the stock PSU using the spdif outs. So... I reverted to the stock PSU. It uses less electricity. It sounds great. I'm not convinced that even a really over-engineered linear PSU would make much/any AUDIBLE difference via the SPDIF outputs, even if it measured slightly better. I think to make any tangible difference you would have to dissect the circuit and put some super-regs in... like the TP!. Sadly the "credit crunch" has put paid to my plans to get a TP in the near future. :( -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61090 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
