Hi Jon, You're describing a "blackness" test. A very valid test, but one of many that may be used to decide which PS is better than another. I'm not an EE either, but the gist of the linear PS preference is that the switching supply introduces distortion while playing.
So the switching PS could actually be "blacker" but one might still prefer the linear supply for listening to music, because the noise introduced is insignificant at listening levels, while the distortion introduced may be more significant. -Dan -- dwc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
