Power supply poll for Chord Qutest

I had success employing a 5v Ifi iPower Elite with a Chord Qutest, which is Ifi's top of the line switch mode power supply.

Zerozone on alipay, Kingrex,or with more dosh Keces or Teddy Pardo.

A ordered a LHY for my RME from TEK Electronics in the US on

Jan.12. Order sent to LHY in China for properly configured

unit. I received the piece today, less than one week. No time to listen

but turnaround service was quite impressive as is build quality.

I just plug mine in to a furman power conditioner. Maybe I’m missing something? Sounds great to me. 

Sbooster BOTW P&P ECO MKII for me, I find I use the incisive neutral filter more than before. Prior to the Booster I almost always listened to it warm and rolled off.

Thanks for your input folks.

@mickeyb, you might be missing something.  Converting any switching power supply in your system to linear supply has the general benefit of getting noise out of your mains that even your Furman can’t completely clean up.  And the benefits of a good power supply to digital gear is usually significant and immediate.  That’s why you rarely see switching supplies in very high end audio gear.  Look into it.

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I prefer a Channel Islands LPS to an Sbooster on the Qutest. A Small Green Computer LPS sounds just fine too.

iFi Power Elite was a big improvement over stock power supply.

I thought the qutest needs 5V 2A, whereas the 5V ifi power elite is 5V 5A—doesn’t this mean the qutest is getting too many amps? 

@misterpumpy

When it comes to power supplies, the voltage needs to match the voltage required, but with respect to amperage, the amperage needs to meet or exceed the requirements of the component to which you are supplying power. Too many amps is not a problem.  Too little amps is a problem. 

Update - I purchased a Teddy Pardo dual 5V supply that runs both my Qutest and Bluesound Node N130 (with converter kit).  Sounds great. Especially big improvement for the Node.

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@knownothing thanks for updating! Always tough following a thread and not getting an outcome post 😁. I love mine with the sBooster in case anyone else comes along looking for info!