Choke power supply- part 2


Back in 2008 I asked why choke power supplies were not more common. At the time, the majority of opinions were that choke power supplies were more expensive and so most manufacturer's chose not to use them. Today, with mega priced gear, I still question why manufactures are not more enamored of using them in their power supplies?

I am of the opinion that a choke power supply can sound spectacular and it does seem to offer several technical advantages...so why not more popular? Surely if it is still cost, that seems to make less sense as the price of top flite gear is now approaching six plus figures! Thoughts?

daveyf

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Well apparently Schiit figured out a way to make it a "good engineering idea" without checking with cindyment.  Mike Moffat and Jason Stoddard have been designing/engineering amplifiers and dacs since the '90's, so they might know a thing or two about it.

 

I am not yet impressed as I haven't heard the amp yet, its not in production.  I am curious about the amp(as I said above), as I am curious as to why some try to find fault with something they haven't heard yet. If Pass Labs is doing it then its not like Schiit Audio is stepping out on a limb.   Have you heard any of their amps or other products?

Schiit Audio does almost no marketing, its part of their business model and partly why their products don't have stratosphere mark ups.  

That fooled me for a minute, didn't realize I needed to scroll down on the pictures for Pic 5.  I'm really curious about this upcoming amp from Schiit.  They have been employing a lot of innovative circuitry(at least innovative to this guy) over the years in their headphone amps and dacs.

I'd not even heard about a choke power supply.  I passed on the Aegir amp, since it was only 20 wpc and wouldn't work with my speakers, and the Vidar has been better than my Adcom amps.

This new amp, I think they call it the "Tyr", I would really take a hard look at.  200 wpc, monoblock, they say it's the best sounding amp they've made.  I think I'd have to sell off the Adcoms...