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Advantages with an outboard power supply

I’ve read that adding a linear power supply such as a Teddy Pardo will greatly enhance the overall performance of components that use a switch mode wall wart power supply I.e. my RME DAC. Any personal experience with this addition? Liking the features of the RME has me thinking if this will take it to another level it may be worth + - $500 cost vs. buying a new DAC?

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So I bought a Bluesound Node N130 and ran it to a Denafrips Pontus ll DAC.  It sounded great.  I bought the Teddy pardo power supply and it really sounded better.  Any time you buy an economical all in one unit like the node, the company has to save money anywhere they can and a switching power supply is really cheap to make and that’s why the TP power supply sounds so much better.

All the best.

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