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Best affordable Linear Power Stage

Looking into a purchase per the Title. The Allo Shanti looks to be a good piece, with favorable reviews and pricing. However I can’t find any place selling a new one and allo.com won’t load up. Is the company still around and has anyone tried one of these, I’m looking to use it with my LAIV uDDC. Appreciate any insights anyone can provide.

toneranger58
sizzitrail84
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@toneranger58,

https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2789900

Do you know what the difference is between the LAIV uDDC version of the 5V and the standard? Can’t find anything on it.

toneranger58 OP
166 posts
 

@sizzitrail84 i don’t know the difference just went with the one specific to the uDDC.

knownothing
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@hdm can you explain the differences between encapsulated, toroidal and r-core transformers, and why an r-core based power supply might be a better choice for a small digital device with no internal power supply?  Honest question.  I’ve used various external LPS from MCRU, Swagman Labs  and Teddy Pardo with generally positive effect.  My favorites right now are an 18V Swagman SE that powers my ProJect phono pre and a Teddy Pardo dual supply that supports a digital front end consisting of a Bluesound Node N130 and Chord Qutest.  The 12V MCRU SE supply I had previously was pretty good, but those have become quite expensive.  If the argument is compelling enough in favor of an r-core supply, I might be convinced to give one a go.  At $108 it is a pretty low risk experiment.

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imjerrys
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I use an After Dark power supply with an RME ADI-2 Pro AD/DA. Sounds better than an "eBay special" sourced from offshore.

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milpai
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Folks, can you provide some help please, to understand the "wattage" of a switching power supply and equivalent linear power supply?

I use the HDPlex 400W HiFi DC-ATX in my fanless PC build, which runs the HQ Player. Currently I use a Dell 330W power adapter that powers this PC. I understand that this outputs 19Volts. But I also see from other sources that this also outputs 10 Amps of power?

I see that the linear power supply specs mentioned above do have 12-19Volts output. But what about the Amperes? Will that matter when I try to replace the Dell switch mode power supply with a linear power supply?

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