hello friends,
i recently upgraded from HT to a stereo setup. my source was a chromecast audio (cca). based on inputs from forum members (@arj, @amitk777) i purchased a digione signature streamer. a definite step-up from cca. I have been powering it with an old anker switched power supply.
another forum member Ujjwal (@ujjwaana) kindly put together a quick and dirty linear power supply for me. i could not hear a huge difference initially but after the LPS broke-in (2-3 days), the overall presentation got a lot tighter. it was great to hear the transition!
total cost of this LPS is lower than Nirvana and another power out can be added so I could power both the HAT and RPi with a single power supply. i am not into diy so i am putting the specs as i got from Ujjwal - "Two stage LDO filtering - ROHM Semiconductor BA00DD0WCP-V5E2, followed by TI's low-noise, high-PSRR TPS7A9201DSKR". right now it is housed inside an old amplifier chassis.
i would like to check how much better does shanti get and if it would be worth an upgrade. if any of the shanti owners in BLR can kindly lend me one (obviously if you are not using it actively) for a couple of days to perform A/B testing, i can share my subjective listening impressions.
spl thanks to ujjwal and thank you all for reading through.
-abhishek
i recently upgraded from HT to a stereo setup. my source was a chromecast audio (cca). based on inputs from forum members (@arj, @amitk777) i purchased a digione signature streamer. a definite step-up from cca. I have been powering it with an old anker switched power supply.
another forum member Ujjwal (@ujjwaana) kindly put together a quick and dirty linear power supply for me. i could not hear a huge difference initially but after the LPS broke-in (2-3 days), the overall presentation got a lot tighter. it was great to hear the transition!
total cost of this LPS is lower than Nirvana and another power out can be added so I could power both the HAT and RPi with a single power supply. i am not into diy so i am putting the specs as i got from Ujjwal - "Two stage LDO filtering - ROHM Semiconductor BA00DD0WCP-V5E2, followed by TI's low-noise, high-PSRR TPS7A9201DSKR". right now it is housed inside an old amplifier chassis.
i would like to check how much better does shanti get and if it would be worth an upgrade. if any of the shanti owners in BLR can kindly lend me one (obviously if you are not using it actively) for a couple of days to perform A/B testing, i can share my subjective listening impressions.
spl thanks to ujjwal and thank you all for reading through.
-abhishek