Linear power supply


Any suggestions for a linear power supply for a Bluesound icon ?

digitaljoseph

Pretty sure, adding a LPSU to an Icon before the warranty has expired, voids warranty. The Icon has not been on the market for even a year yet. We have to wait till December. I have a pretty hard time believing that the $100 LPSU would sound the same as an S booster or Teddy Pardo offering. Depending on where you want to go with this set up. One should ask, why am I modifying a midtier audio product when I could be putting that money towards a higher tiered offering. 

Mid-tier?  Wait until you tune into 7:45 of this review by TAS!  Essentially, the host is saying the $35k combo of a $28k DAC and highly raved Aurender N200 here sounds better than ICON but the difference is subtle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMpXGuG8DCw&t=141s

Also, other companies may have been working on developing it, but so far, Teddy Pardo seems to be the first and only vendor offering an LPS mod for the ICON.
 

 

If you want the best in class then Linear Tube Audio

if ordered on Audiogon $700 and the build quality  alone class leader up to $1200

and comes with a great DC cable most charge $150 for.

I added the Teddy Power to my Eversolo DMP-A6 Master. I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect, but it far exceeded anything I could have hoped for. On top of a cleaner, more full bodied sound, it added a level of depth and space as well. Worth every cent! Even though I already had

 

I actually have the Icon in my second system and didn’t know TP had the PS for Icon (thanks @lanx0003). Going to look into that now!