iPhone;508106 Wrote: > 1) ... > 2) Again no reason. It is part of getting people to spend money they > don't need to. In the Audiophile world, linear power supplies are > considered High End and Switchers are considered less Audiophile. Of > course none of this matters with the Squeezebox because there are > internal switching supplies inside the Squeezebox after the main power > supply. So feeding a Squeezebox with a Linear PS versus a Switching PS > makes no difference whatsoever. This has been discussed by Phil and > myself on this Forum many times and backed up with the testing we have > done. > > Save your money and don't be fooled by claims that a Linear PS will > improve your Squeezebox. The only reason to replace the OEM PS is if it > dies (buy a new switching supply) or if one has a system issue that is > solved by using a Linear PS (ground loop problem, audible noise, etc). > Other then that the OEM Switching Power Supply is all one needs.
I disagree. Perhaps if you isolate the line your WalWart is on, move it to another room where it does not come in proximity of other audio equipment and then only use your SB as a non-audio display it may make little difference. Sean posted some of his results (a few years back?) and he found little difference. Typically that would be good enough for me, but on a lark I tried a linear supply I had for an expensive biomedical application and found a much darker sound floor. I purchased the CI Audio PS and was very happy with it for the time I owned that unit. -- kphinney -I like it, you may not. I understand and respect that.- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kphinney's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74250 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
