I recently replaced a Sbooster used for a Roon Nucleus with a JS-2 Linear Power Supply (w/Sapphire DC Cable) made by uptown audio. Another case of a real dynamic improvement from a PSU.
Chord Dave and lInear power supply
I had been using Chord Dave and Mscaler for 3 years.
I installed linear power supply by Farad which cost me around 3k Euros including three separate power supplies.
Wow it is worth every penny.
I get more clear separation of each instrument with more tuneful bass.
Also slight sibilance is gone.
It is Dave +. after modification.
If you own Dave, you had better try it.
The installation is rather handy.
You need to follow instruction.
Thomas
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“I’m a big believer in a good power supply” I share your beliefs 💯 . I am sure the stock power supply performs well but until you have compared a modified Dave with Farad PS side by side, you do not know what you’re missing out. That Farad PS upgrade looks impressive in every conceivable way. When I was shopping for my ultimate DAC, power supply and master clock implementation was right up there along with SQ. My DAC have both standard power supply and external power supply options, you can guess which option I end up with :-) Even though you’re very satisfied with stock power supply, I highly recommend you consider the Farad upgrade. |
I've had similar results buying a low noise LPS for my tiny tripath high-pass amplifier (in a tri-amped system). Much more natural, less grainy, less hash. More surprising, swapping the iFi audio low noise wall-wart PSU that came with my iFi PDIF iPurifier 2 with a 30$ low noise 5V LPS from aliExpress also gave great improvement, which I didn't expect: more natural, again, less "stringent" upper treble, more depth. |
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