Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-09-18 Thread naimlinn
magiccarpetride;643336 Wrote: I am at a loss how could anyone claim that changing the PSU could make anything sound different. Can you provide any measurements in support of your outrageous claims? Have you asked Teddy Pardo this question? Email him, he will school you... -- naimlinn

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-09-18 Thread naimlinn
JezA;644265 Wrote: Why not try a Linn Sneaky-DS? Not much more money, s/pdif out .. made by a hifi company .. For $299 ? -- naimlinn naimlinn's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-09-18 Thread JezA
A Touch and a Pardo PSU and a lead will set you back around £500 in the UK - well on the way to a Sneaky-DS. -- JezA JezA's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21219 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-08-07 Thread Tom186
John, thank you much for your well-informed response. So what I take home is that I probably have to try in order to have an answer in my particular kind of setup ... or forget about improving the whole thing and start investing into new music files instead ;) Have a good Sunday, Thomas --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-08-06 Thread Tom186
JezA;644315 Wrote: I meant using the s/pdif output of the Sneaky into your M1. If the Touch has all these sensitivities to lines of code, brightness of displays, power supplies why throw good money at it trying to bodge a fix? Hello, so does anybody on here have a comparison between a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-08-06 Thread JezA
The more interesting comparison would be a (modded or otherwise) Touch into any DAC vs a Linn DS. -- JezA JezA's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21219 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-08-06 Thread Tom186
JezA;647624 Wrote: The more interesting comparison would be a (modded or otherwise) Touch into any DAC vs a Linn DS. Sure, both interesting, yours will depend a lot on the DAC though. What I am after is info on whether the Linn DS SPDIF output is that much better (or at all better) than that

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-08-06 Thread JohnSwenson
Tom186;647636 Wrote: Sure, both interesting, yours will depend a lot on the DAC though. What I am after is info on whether the Linn DS SPDIF output is that much better (or at all better) than that of a modded SBT ... Anyone? The problem here is that such a test is only valid for one

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread JezA
Why not try a Linn Sneaky-DS? Not much more money, s/pdif out .. made by a hifi company .. -- JezA JezA's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21219 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread soundcheck
JezA;644265 Wrote: Why not try a Linn Sneaky-DS? Not much more money, s/pdif out .. made by a hifi company .. ... with hifi company price tags No idea what you call not much more money. To me 1500€ is much more money. ...and sophisicated control options a la iPeng seem to be almost non

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread Phil Leigh
JezA;644265 Wrote: Why not try a Linn Sneaky-DS? Not much more money, s/pdif out .. made by a hifi company .. I have listened to a Sneaky and Magik DS - I prefer My Touch + M1 solution... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread Phil Leigh
JezA;644265 Wrote: Why not try a Linn Sneaky-DS? Not much more money, s/pdif out .. made by a hifi company .. I have listened to a Sneaky and Magik DS - I prefer My Touch + M1 solution... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread JezA
I meant using the s/pdif output of the Sneaky into your M1. -- JezA JezA's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21219 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89017

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread Phil Leigh
JezA;644315 Wrote: I meant using the s/pdif output of the Sneaky into your M1. If the Touch has all these sensitivities to lines of code, brightness of displays, power supplies why throw good money at it trying to bodge a fix? I didn't try that combination. Probably should have done,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread Wombat
JezA;644315 Wrote: If the Touch has all these sensitivities to lines of code, brightness of displays, power supplies why throw good money at it trying to bodge a fix? I wondered already also. It is funny to see how some write in the original thread at diyaudio.com Soundcheck started and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread JezA
Wombat;644334 Wrote: I wondered already also. It is funny to see how some write in the original thread at diyaudio.com Soundcheck started and proclaims all his mods in the end some simply find their old CD-Transport better as the Touch with all kinds of mods. Ok, it is just some claims

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread soundcheck
Wombat;644334 Wrote: I wondered already also. It is funny to see how some write in the original thread at diyaudio.com Soundcheck started and proclaims all his mods in the end some simply find their old CD-Transport better as the Touch with all kinds of mods. Ok, it is just some claims

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread JezA
You're just poking around in the dark man. -- JezA JezA's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21219 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89017

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-28 Thread michael123
magiccarpetride;643336 Wrote: I am at a loss how could anyone claim that changing the PSU could make anything sound different. Can you provide any measurements in support of your outrageous claims? The 'outrageous claims' are yours only Phil, you do not have to prove anything.. trust your

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-27 Thread Phil Leigh
magiccarpetride;643336 Wrote: I am at a loss how could anyone claim that changing the PSU could make anything sound different. Can you provide any measurements in support of your outrageous claims? :-) I'm working on it. It may all be a mirage... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-27 Thread cliveb
magiccarpetride;643336 Wrote: I am at a loss how could anyone claim that changing the PSU could make anything sound different. Can you provide any measurements in support of your outrageous claims? One feasible mechanism could be the PSU spraying airborne RFI all over the place and

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-27 Thread soundcheck
Dear Phil. Welcome of the club of Audiophiles - you know what this means over here - don't you. ;) It took you a while. That PS tuning effect is known and been communicated numerous times over a long period of time. Almost any solution reported over here made a quite substantial improvement

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-27 Thread Wombat
Back in the days when i had my SB3 i used a linear supply simply because the switching one that came with my box induced HF noise into my amps that was to spot as very HF chirping. The linear one i had didn´t. After groundung my system better it did make less of a difference. One thing in your

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-26 Thread Phil Leigh
I've got my hands on a Teddy Pardo Touch PSU (see here: http://www.teddypardo.com/Products/Power%20Supplies/TTouch.html) Review+measurements to follow... Initial (unreliable) listening tells me that: 1) It works 2) It looks a lot better than my home-brewed effort! 3) It sounds different -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] New Teddy Pardo Touch PSU

2011-07-26 Thread magiccarpetride
Phil Leigh;643170 Wrote: I've got my hands on a Teddy Pardo Touch PSU (see here: http://www.teddypardo.com/Products/Power%20Supplies/TTouch.html) Review+measurements to follow... Initial (unreliable) listening tells me that: 1) It works 2) It looks a lot better than my home-brewed