@audphile1 I believe there are fantastic power supplies in either technology, but SMPS are way more complex to design (and perhaps harder to repair). Rowland's SMPS operate at extremely high switching frequency (incredible 1MHz) that is much easier to filter out than 120Hz in linear supplies. Small ferrite couple of inch transformer operating at high frequency can deliver as much power as 50 lbs iron transformer operating at 60Hz.
External Power Supply For My Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport
I have an Audiolab 6000CDT cd transport. I'm wondering if an external power supply would boost its performance.
I purchased and installed a Teddy Pardo power supply for my Bluesound Node and got a huge leap in performance. I'm wondering if a power supply mod for my Audiolab cd transport would boost the performance there.
I'm running an Audio Research Reference DAC along with the Audiolab 6000CDT cd transport.
How do bigger external power supplies improve source components?
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I'd just like to take a moment and remind everybody that the prevalence of SMPS in digital applications is because they make absolutely no performance difference in the digital domain. And the low-voltage/multi Gigahertz requirements there are not insubstantial, far greater than the low bandwidth requirements of audio. |
PS Audio gear is switching to SMPS as well, according to Mr. Paul McGowan. Both the iFi iPower X and iPower 2 are SMPS with 1 microvolt (µV) ripple noise, while audiophile grade LPS typically has noise levels in a range of 25-100 µV. Technology advances, folks, just like class D.
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