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Re: New DAC

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Yes. Added weight and removed some HF 'hash'.

It also works for my WTL turntable, so 2 wins for the price of 1 (if I don't mind switching the lead over).
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Something else im having trouble grasping is why people spend so much on DAC's!!

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When you can make a half decent regulated linear supply, or buy a Chinese one as the Doc is using, both for around forty quid, it kind of makes a £200 plus equivalent, albeit of UK design, hellishly expensive though...

I haven't done this on mine, but you could always add an S-Booster to further smooth and filter the DC supply - my own S-Booster is on the Caiman supply to the Digit...
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I think I will wait until the DAC bake off before deciding on a PS.
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Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:15 am You need the power supply, your wall mount supply is useless.
Has anyone tried a battery pack with one of Docs Dacs?

Thinking about maybe an external power pack / phone charger something like this maybe?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/External-100 ... 1438.l2649
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Re: New DAC

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Try it and tell us, my instinct it will no be as good. I gave up on batteries a long time ago.

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Will do, I have one winging its way to me as we speak.
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Re: New DAC

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I ran a Raspberry Pi from a powerbank for a while. That sounded better than with a wall-wart but a solid linear PSU gave a noticeable improvement in SQ over the battery.

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I asked for a 5v version and he has put a new auction up just for them, Just ordered one to try.
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Re: New DAC

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Andy-831 wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 11:56 am
Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:15 am You need the power supply, your wall mount supply is useless.
Has anyone tried a battery pack with one of Docs Dacs?

Thinking about maybe an external power pack / phone charger something like this maybe?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/External-100 ... 1438.l2649
If it works out and you want something that lasts longer between charges try one of these. Hi Power!
I have a couple like this I take camping, you could potentially have 25600mhr on tap but i just use old laptop tare downs which cost me nothing and I consistantly get between 1000 & 2500mhr per battery, a lot of the time its one battery failure and the whole pack shuts down so you tend to get a few good batts, sometimes 9 per pack.

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