tyler_durden;187478 Wrote: > http://www17.serrahost.com/servlet/boldercablescom/Detail?no=377 > > $750 for a 5V power supply (with unspecified current capability!)? You > could buy a new, instrument-grade supply from HP for that kind of money. > I will hand build you a better supply than this for 1/2 that price. > > If you want to see any improvement from a power supply you should be > looking at the Jung super regulators that are designed to provide ultra > low impedance throughout the audio band. That is the type of regulator > circuit used in the Transporter. A 3-terminal LT regulator is a $2 > part. E-I core transformers are what you buy when you're on a budget. > Any expensive audio component worth its purple marketing verbiage has a > toroidal transformer. > > $750 for this supply doesn't just border on ridiculous, it climbs over > the fence, swims across the river, and marries your daughter! > > TD
Just as some who say "half price" others say "twice the quality". Beware of this hobby. There are some who would sell you snake oil for "twice the price". Best policy, as stated many times in these forum is to "test drive" any piece of equipment that promises "extended soundstage,more defined bottom end"...ad infinitum. . -- haunyack RWA SB3 > Bryston BP20 > B&K r200.2 > Vandersteen 3A Signature ------------------------------------------------------------------------ haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33547 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
