Thanks @sns
Does a good power conditioner reduce need for power supply upgrade?
Would like to hear Agoner’s opinion on this topic. It appears to me that power conditioning as a part of power distribution role for your whole system, and high end external power supplies designed to either replace and beef up internal linear supplies (e.g. Naim approach) or to replace cheap switching wall warts or internal supplies supporting a single piece of equipment have a similar function, that being to reduce noise without restricting current.
Interested in what you think.
kn
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A great question about power supply. you have an interesting system with a very strong emphasis on Power supply all kinds of stuff you’ve got. Comfortable room. I had a blue sound streaming Device and upgrading that made a lot of difference and I would strongly recommend replacing it given all the other things you’ve done which I believe are weighed down by this one piece . I agree it may be easy to use but a lot of other things are just as easy to deal with. |
@emergingsoul thanks, it has been fun to put it together. I will look at options to replace the streamer. Adding the Teddy Pardo power supply in place of the switching supply in the Node N130 made a huge positive difference. A bigger difference than replacing wall warts on any of the DACs I’ve owned that came with one stock. The N130 has the same processor as many higher end streamers, and while I realize there is a lot more to performance than just the chip set, it has been my experience that the Bluesound is held back to a significant degree by the stock power supply. kn |
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