I hate to be a PITA but in a controlled AB test I seriously doubt anyone would hear a difference with any of these. If you can tell the difference then one or more of your pieces has a weak power supply. You should identify that piece and replace it. Can battery power supplies be useful? Sure, in very low level power devices like phono stages where noise levels are critical. Preamps maybe. Amplifiers get more complicated and I think the power supply of the amp should be purpose designed to run with a battery. As a example, large capacitors are not needed at all. The battery is in reality a huge capacitor! It's power just has to be regulated. An amplifier would require a lot of battery which is probably the reason it is not done. Channel D's phono stages are run with auto charging batteries.
@tvad, $1K for a 7 outlet power strip is pretty steep. I got a real nice 10 outlet one for $54.00, with yellow outlets no less. Very cool.
@tvad, $1K for a 7 outlet power strip is pretty steep. I got a real nice 10 outlet one for $54.00, with yellow outlets no less. Very cool.