On the recommendation of someone fixing, building, and creating audiophile components over 30 years, I bought, new, an ACOPIAN A5MT510 REGULATED POWER SUPPLY 120VAC on Ebay. It was $140 from Florida Industrial Supply. I had to create a cord which connected from it to my Node, but that was a small matter of getting the right end for the PD Creative Board now inside my Node and then attaching some basic wire to it. It was easy.
Bluesound Node 2I Power Supply Update
Sometimes my audiophile journey leads me to try simply to experience it for myself and to satisfy my own curiosity. My current interest is the possibility of upgrading the power supply on my Bluesound Node 2i.
It appears that there are three primary options:
(1) Teddy Pardo ($500ish)
(2) PD Creative ($250ish)
(3) LHY ($280ish)
I think the Teddy Pardo upgrade is too rich for my blood and costs almost as much as the Bluesound Node 2i did. I was leaning towards the PD creative options, but it sounds like the LHY is connected with Alvin from Vinshine Audio and I have a Denafrips Ares II DAC.
In all cases, I would go for the internal board and external power supply. Any advice for making a choice?
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@jetter - I had overlooked that. Thanks. |
@hilde45 Can you elaborate? Is this only a thing if you've got the PD Creative? |
@dadork 1. Buy PD creative board. 2. Buy linear power supply 3. install board in Node. 4. make sure you have some cord to hook the power supply to the node which involves having the right end. Not more to it than that. |
For an update, I sold my old DAC and have reinvested the funds into the LHY power supply upgrade including the linear power supply. As a Denafrips DAC owner I've really appreciated the customer service approach that Alvin Chee has provided as part of Vinshine Audio and since he's a co-founder of Beatechinik Audio I am happy to make this purchase. |
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