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 what I’m hearing is as follows:

very big sounstage, wider; deeper and more depth.

sounds develop from a black background, fills out with weight and decays back into the background. 
 

every instrument is placed in the soundstage with great space around it and separation from the other instruments. Warmer top end with plenty of air, full accurate midrange and tight focused bottom end with punch.

it just sounds so right. I’m sure it has a lot to do with my system. 
 

System: from router, SmoothLAN into Innuos MK 3, to uDDC with LHY LPS,I2s out to Denafrips Terminator 2 12, balanced XLR via Nordost Valhalla cables to Sim Audio 700i to Focal Sopra 2’s. I feel there’s a lot of synergy with the system and the end result gives a great presentation as noted above. I’m only using one chord and out on the LHY LPS. Hope this gives a good description of what I’m hearing. I was getting a lot of this before the addition of the LPS but it kicked things up for me a major step with the addition of the LPS on the uDDC.

I have a couple of the Allo Shanti 5V LPS. Well built and reasonably priced. Chicago Electric used to sell them, but since their merger with the PiShop they no longer carry it. Audiophonics.fr has them, but I'd guess there are now tariff issues that might come into play...

Does this link not work?

@toneranger58 

Got it. Thanks. I hear some of that but not to the level you are apparently. My system is resolving and I heard a lower noise floor, more definition around the instruments, less glare on the high end, but all the other factors were about the same. Definite improvement but limited. Maybe the uDDC improves the Denafrips more than the LAiV. Anyway thanks for the info.

Magnetar UDP800 (SACD) and Denon DCD-SA1 (CD)

(Magnetar via HDMI out to HDMI > I2S and Denon coax)

LAiV uDDC

(I2S via HDMI)

LAiV DAC

(RCA)

Anthem AVM60

(Transparent Plus RCA)

SimAudio Moon 760A

(Transparent Plus)

Wilson SabrinaX + REL S/812 x 2

 

@hdm I purchased an r-core power supply and a silver plated dc supply cable in the teeth of the current trade environment.  If they arrive, I will report.

kn