Is a power supply beneficial for component SQ if you have a quality power conditioner?


I have a shunyata MPC-12a power conditioner. Would it be beneficial or unnecessary to spend the money to, say, replace the wal wart on my streamer with a power supply to plug into the power conditioner? Thanks folks
easola01

Showing 1 response by erik_squires

I think it depends. Price matters! In the sense that don't overspend for a fix.

I have replaced the wall wart on my Squeezebox Touch and my Mytek Brooklyn (not exactly a wall wart) but to be honest I haven’t found a big difference. Maybe I should go back for a while. :)

I’m not really sure if they help the device perform better, or just reduce the amount of noise they inject back into the AC. Some of this may depend on your other components and which side of the AC conditioner they are on.

I try very hard to keep all network devices and their associated wal-warts "outside" of the power conditioner so any noise they generate will be cleaned before it gets to my preamp/amp/DAC.

Best,

E