John G Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 After a long struggle, I've finally purged all the switched-mode power supplies from my audio system, and the carnage in the photo is the result. One 12/5v Keces power supply runs the music server, its Paul Pang USB card, and the phono stage in my listening room, and another 12v Keces in the network/phone/alarm closet powers the NAS, network switch, router, another disk, and an Intel NUC renderer. The music quality has improved in hard-to-describe ways, but I didn't test systematically to see which change was most effective. It's also immensely satisfying not to have those things radiating out of the surge protectors like, well, warts. Link to comment
InfernoSTi Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Nice work!!! Positive emotions enhance our musical experiences. Synology DS213+ NAS -> Auralic Vega w/Linear Power Supply -> Auralic Vega DAC (Symposium Jr rollerball isolation) -> XLR -> Auralic Taurus Pre -> XLR -> Pass Labs XA-30.5 power amplifier (on 4" maple and 4 Stillpoints) -> Hawthorne Audio Reference K2 Speakers in MTM configuration (Symposium Jr HD rollerball isolation) and Hawthorne Audio Bass Augmentation Baffles (Symposium Jr rollerball isolation) -> Bi-amped w/ two Rythmic OB plate amps) -> Extensive Room Treatments (x2 SRL Acoustics Prime 37 diffusion plus key absorption and extensive bass trapping) and Pi Audio Uberbuss' for the front end and amplification Link to comment
tranz Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Well done! Less fatiguing listening experience was what happened in my system. Link to comment
sandyk Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Has anybody also tried powering their Broadband Modem from a good low impedance Linear PSU ? How a Digital Audio file sounds, or a Digital Video file looks, is governed to a large extent by the Power Supply area. All that Identical Checksums gives is the possibility of REGENERATING the file to close to that of the original file. PROFILE UPDATED 13-11-2020 Link to comment
tranz Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Has anybody also tried powering their Broadband Modem from a good low impedance Linear PSU ? Have not, but it is on a different AC circuit here. The wireless bridge that is on the same circuit does have an LPSU. Link to comment
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