Allo Shanti Supercap Power Supply

[Tucker]

Hello

 

I have compared the shanti vs lps 1.2 on a ifi spdif ipurifier which needs 500mA.

I clearly prefer the shanti, but the 1A output of it then. I feel 1A output of the shanti is a little better than the 3A output. 

The Uptone LPS 1.2 seems more mechanical, more muted and with less resolution than the shanti 1A output. Shanti just seems more musical and released. With the LPS I want to turn the volume up and with the shanti I don't feel so, so there seems to be no placebo effect  and I have switched back and forth many times with very little time between only swapping the dc cables. And same results every time.

[Tucker]

One more viewpoint.

 

The maybe biggest pitfall of LPS 1.2 versus the shanti with ifi ipurifier is the bad timing. The band or orchestra is not playing well together.

[Tucker]

Have done some more testing now with the shanti and as I have gotten better equipment else in the hifi-chain I now prefer the 3A over the 1A output of the shanti to the IFI Ipurifier SPDIF reclocker. Less noise, more dynamic, more musical -  overall better. The streamer is Bluesound Node 2i and dac is Hegel HD25. Theroretically it shouldn´t matter because the IFI ipurifier only needs 500mA but it is actually very obvious if the rest of the system is good and transparent. As the Allo DigiOne Signature only needs power of maybe 50mA or something this doesnt need to be the case here.

 

Anyway the shanti ps needs to be vibration decoupled from the underneath or it is just ok/good imo, not very good. And it needs vibration absorption on the top to be at a very very good level. I myself use some sorbothane hemispheres bought from ebay with some weight on them on top. Sorbothane with 50 shore density is very vibration absorbing. And of course the venting holes must not be blocked.

 

I have also tried the LPS 1.2 on the Allo DigiOne Signature and it was much worse than shanti on the clean power on the DigiOne. But as I wrote over the shanti needs to be vibration controlled and decoupled. 

 

[Tucker]

3 hours ago, Bill_NYC said:

I just got my Shanti power supply, which I intend to use with my Allo DigiOne Signature.  What is the correct wiring?  Didn't come with any documentation and couldn't find any on the Allo site.

3A to dirty side and 1A to clean side of the DigiOne Signature.