Hi, Just the other day I decided to start using my old Squeezbox classic again. It has found a new home in my study. I didn't had a free wall outlet and I also didn't had a extension box laying around, but because I already put my mind to get it to work, I needed to find a solution. That's when I realized that a SB Classic uses 5 volts and draws around 1 amp. Exactly the power USB delivers. I quickly soldered a suitable cable, connected one end to the SB and the other to a USB port of my NAS. And..... IT just WORKS perfectly!!
Now, why do I post this in this forum. Because computer power isn't the most clean, to say the least, I wanted to find out what the effects were on sound quality. In one word NONE. I use a decent 250 dollar Sennheiser headphone and listened to excellent recordings in 24bit 96khz. To me this pretty much ends discussion about the use of different power sources to improve sound quality. It doesn’t make any difference (to a SB classic at least). btw, the power lead has a ferrite core. -- S2K -------------------------------------- Main HiFi: Transporter directly connected to a Classé CA-150 power amp with balanced leads. DIY monitor speakers with awesome Scan Speak units. Study: SB3, Denon amp and DIY monitor speakers with Vifa units. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ S2K's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12675 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90831
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