How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner?
a wall wart is a digital switching power supply, i guess you refer to them as a puck... anyway, well documented and measurable the trash they dump into power line as well as RFI generated.... cleaning that up = good if possible get a linear power supply... seperate circuits also help a lot....ideal is three w digital, low level analogue and power amp all on dedicated lines... inhave four w DAC olso on a dedicated line... snakeoil for sure.... |
a wall wart is a digital switching power supply, They're used to power laptops and tablets, also small components like some DACs and streamers. Their design produces dirty power to the audio device and allows noise to flow back down the AC line and contaminate other components. To eliminate this noise, a linear power supply (which contains no switching circuitry) should be used. Many of the audio manufacturers offer an LPS for their devices, plus there are many very affordable aftermarket units on Ebay. |
helomech If you have audible buzzing, hiss or hum, try using a "cheater plug" for your amp and preamp cables.It's fine to use cheater plugs for diagnostic purposes - they can be very helpful for that. But it's not safe to use them as a "solution" for ground loop problems. It's never wise to defeat a safety ground. There’s a reason why so many supposedly great power conditioners end up on the used market. Most are complete snake oil.That's pretty silly. You can actually measure what a power conditioner does, so it's hardly "snake oil." |
