Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-16 Thread philippe_44
Fizbin wrote: > That's crazy that you've gone through 4 PS's with the same result. > That's not typical for the Touch. At first I thought it could be a dirty > power issue (since you require a power conditioner) but I don't think > dirty power would be a direct cause of a remote not working. > >

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-16 Thread Fizbin
That's crazy that you've gone through 4 PS's with the same result. That's not typical for the Touch. At first I thought it could be a dirty power issue (since you require a power conditioner) but I don't think dirty power would be a direct cause of a remote not working. Anyway, maybe your Touch i

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-15 Thread pablolie
Recoveryone wrote: > I also believe in the clean power theory, but I choose the full power of > a power conditioner, I have put one in each of my systems in my home. I should note my standard PS ran off a power conditioner, always. None of my stuff runs off the regular wall. But my power conditi

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-15 Thread Recoveryone
I also believe in the clean power theory, but I choose the full power of a power conditioner, I have put one in each of my systems in my home. Pioneer Elite N50 main HT rig hardwired to router connected 1st Touch Wirelessly connected (Master Bedroom) 2nd Touch Wirelessly connected (bedroom)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-15 Thread Guy48065
Just another data from an occasional forum user... But I've had no trouble with the Touch wallwart but my Classic has burned through about 5 thanks to the current-hungry florescent display. I gave up on switching supplies and have been using a $70 "Zero Zone" linear PS of eBay and I've been very

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-15 Thread pablolie
Fizbin wrote: > Or you could have just bought another original PS. The remote not > working on the Touch is one of the first symptoms of PS failure. (But, > hey, at least you didn't replace the IR module like a lot of others > have) For some reason this was the 4th original PS. Enough... Remote

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-13 Thread Fizbin
Hijacked threads? Where? Fizbin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58734 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108895 ___ audio

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-13 Thread Golden Earring
Fizbin wrote: > Or you could have just bought another original PS. The remote not > working on the Touch is one of the first symptoms of PS failure. (But, > hey, at least you didn't replace the IR module like a lot of others > have) I thought I'd skewed this one really well: are there really no

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-12 Thread Fizbin
pablolie wrote: > I got tired of the standard PS getting so dirty that it prevented > operation of the SBT remote. Finally decided to go for a cleaner TeraDak > supply, despite the questionable price ratio (~$130 on Ebay) compared to > the Touch price point.24838 Or you could have just bought an

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-05 Thread left channel
Golden Earring wrote: > I don't look a lot like Jude Law (from -Sky Captain & The World Of > Tomorrow- vintage) or Eric Clapton (-c-. 2000 CE), both of whom I use on > t'interweb as avatars, either! > > ... I don't look like my V-Moda model either. I just warned a rather impertinent bloke on p

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-05 Thread Golden Earring
left channel wrote: > :-) Everyone wants to date my avatar. https://youtu.be/urNyg1ftMIU > Especially the blokes over on PinkFishMedia. I don't look a lot like Jude Law (from -Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow- vintage) or Eric Clapton (-c-. 2000 CE), both of whom I use on t'interweb as avatar

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-05 Thread left channel
Golden Earring wrote: > Shame that you're so far from Blighty all the way over in Silicon Valley > - I'm rather taken with your avatar, lol! > > Dave :cool: :-) Everyone wants to date my avatar. https://youtu.be/urNyg1ftMIU Especially the blokes over on PinkFishMedia. ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-05 Thread Golden Earring
left channel wrote: > Thanks for that, Golden Earring. Stayed with you all the way. I think > the moral of the story is that an external DAC offers SQ improvement, > even for the Transporter which is after all 12 year-old tech, and > upgrading the power supply for an external DAC often offers fur

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-05 Thread left channel
Thanks for that, Golden Earring. Stayed with you all the way. I think the moral of the story is that an external DAC offers SQ improvement, even for the Transporter which is after all 12 year-old tech, and upgrading the power supply for an external DAC offer further SQ improvement. Mytek in fact r

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-05 Thread Golden Earring
Hi both! I have an external Mytek Brooklyn DAC which I *insist* on using with my Transporter, despite the scorn heaped upon me by the "experts" on this forum, because it most definitely sounds better to me than using the built-in DAC which was "magic" (per Sean Adam's own marketing hype in 2005 w

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] TeraDak Power Supply for Touch

2018-04-01 Thread left channel
Or maybe it's half localized for New York / New England: Linea Powa. Whateva. :-) Thanks for the report! Weird that your wall-wart was causing that much trouble. Mine are behaving OK so far, and the power is clean in my house. Talk about price ratio though, I am temporarily powering a Touch with