UltraCap™ LPS-1 launch thread!

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Anyone running LPS-1 to power just the W4S RUR? SQ comments?

 

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I have the same question.

 

 

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@Superdad: What order #s are in this batch?

 

 

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Yep ! But if I was in the market for another USB "File Integrity improver", I wouldn't jump in yet and grab an existing product from elsewhere.

 

I think you mean a USB Decrapifier.

 

It's an industry term.

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Since I know your are a major experimenter, you are likely not using our supplied Maen Well 7.5V/2.93A/22W SMPS as the "energizing"/charging source.

 

Alex, he said he was using the Mean well supply.

 

Just to be clear, my LPS-1 is not powering anything else and is being fed by the Mean Well supply that came with it.

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Okay, well that settles it--his particular SSD is drawing over 1.1A during heavy read/write sessions.

 

Also, I just looked at the Samsung spec page for his 4TB SSD, and it says average draw is 3.6W and max is 5.6W in burst mode. That burst mode consumption is just enough to put it over the LPS-1's limit.

 

Honestly, the vast majority of SSD's consume well under what Roy's 4TB monster does. Heck, I have big spinning hard drives that consume less!

 

BTW - Alex, did I mention I got the dreaded red overload light too? It's not a show stopper, but thought I'd let you know.

 

It happened when I tried powering both my FMC and the microRendu with a Y-connector, and the LPS-1 set at 7V. I know people have reported that they've successfully powered the mR and FMC together. But perhaps this particular FMC - the MC200CM - draws just a tad more power?

 

The mR chain had:

 

mR > Intona > Vbus2 > RUR > Ayre Codex DAC

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Yes, well the Intona is drawing 180mA from the microRendu, so remember to add that to the maybe 200mA the microRendu is drawing, and then whatever the FMC draws. And maybe the Intona-powering microRendu is drawing a bit more. Can't know without setting that up am measuring. But I bet if you remove the Intona from the chain the LPS-1 will handle the spilt better. Not that you want to do that for sonics...

 

Hey Alex,

 

I should have made my intent clear. I completely accept your reasoning. I was simply offering up my experience so that if/when customers ask about using the LPS-1 to power both an FMC and an mR, you have another data point on which to base your answer.

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Rajiv,

 

Maybe it's time to retire the FMCs. My advice is to get a Ethernet isolation transformer and be done with it. Simpler is better.

 

Larry

 

Already done, Larry. I am now using the direct connection to bridged music server approach. My FMCs are sitting idle.

 

I am hoping to hear from others whether adding EMO or Etalon isolators helps the direct connection further, and if so, a comparison of the two.