Linear Power supplies for DACs...?


Is there real SQ benefits or is it placebo snake oil?
i have a Chord Qutest and it has a wall wart. Lots of people say there’s real benefit to adding an external LPS. 
Plenty of choices ranging from $50 - $500.
Sure, a home audition is ideal.

but, what do you guys think?

Not just for the Qutest, but in general for DACs.
ianrmack

Showing 2 responses by erik_squires

My biggest concern with wall warts is the noise they could inject into the AC line which gets picked up elsewhere. Putting a noise source AFTER a power conditioner without separate filter banks could allow it to inject noise into your previously clean power.

For this reason I like to keep networking wall warts outside of my power conditioner’s clean zone, and use an iFi to power my streamer.

I don’t think it’s worth major moolah, but an iFi wall wart or inexpensive LPS can be useful vs. cheap alternatives.

I also like to use shielded power cables.  Again, not major dough here, but another way to keep external network noise and EMI/RFI out of my system.

Mytek recommends it for the Brooklyn, but if it was an improvement, it wasn't quite worth the complexity. :)