How to reduce power supply noise.


I'd like to hear ideas on reducing the power supply noise
within a CD player. I have found AC conditioning and isolation to make staggering improvemnts to CD playback in my Spectal based system and would like to turn attention to internal improvements.
I noticed the Spectral Audio interview with Robert Harley
indicated much work has been done on their new reference CD player to reduce noise and interaction even further than in past models. Can we do anything with noise, crosstalk & interference in existing CD players?
psacanli

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What power supply modification? What is done? I think more attention should be on interference and "crosstalk" within the system-certainly the Spectral interview suggested as much. If that "magic"cloth? that was supposed to block RFI & EMI ?? worked I'd wrap everything in it. That cloth didn't seem to work from post here but I imagine there are other things to isolate various digital areas--but what are they? There must be an electronics whiz reading this....
Thanks for info Tvad. I am not considering spending $2000-$3000 on upgrades to my Lexington RT-20; which presently sells for about $1000 brand new. (I have invested that in MIT power conditioning/isolation products and power cords and find every cent well spent. Incredible enhancement to detail, purity, delicacy and dynamics-this RT-20 is a surprisingly musical player in my Spectral/MIT system.)I would like to do mods myself; double shipping money can be spent on parts.
I'm thinking along the lines of perhaps small bypass caps that would be easily installed or perhaps a Bybee product, or isolation for the transformer or anti vibration for the transformer.