Yes i do have an Etherregen. I like it, especially with an LPS and i have had to spend a lot more to get better, ie with the PhoenixNET. I also have a couple of 10MHz BG7TBL clock. All are going on eBay this weekend having just had a max £2 final value fee offer this morning!
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That's quite a result. I know theese things are system/room/ears dependent but I have the SBooster at the top of my own list of reasonably priced LPS and have yet to hear a Temple. Thanks for your perseverance and sharing of the journey!last update from me on mini zen power supplies. Having left the Temple audio on overnight, my impression vs the Sbooster remains the same, and a bit more clear. I have given the nod to the supercharger. Slightly wider staging, instruments a tiny bit better separated, and the whole presentation is a smidge taller as well.
So there you have it, I can recommend the Temple Audio Supercharger as a good 12v PSU, and at £250, pretty strong value. That is my attempt at consumer advice!
Thanks again to John (Richard) Lurch for the Sbooster loan, a very kind gesture, which i hope to one day repay. Signing out from James (Jennie) Psilonaught. It is beer'oclock.
My pleasure. Worth noting that Temple Audio is a small, UK manufacturer, and the owner is also a jolly nice chap, so I'm happy to not be sending him a request for a refund
I've poked around their website a couple of times. The principles behind the technical designs have impressed and the value for money approach is admirable: a relatively stable product line, not relying on constant ramping up is something I find refreshing. I guess one man's "built-in obsolescence" is another's "exciting technical advance" so we'll all be in different places on this, but I admire the whole Temple approach from what I've seen. To know the guy behind it is a nice one is a bonus!My pleasure. Worth noting that Temple Audio is a small, UK manufacturer, and the owner is also a jolly nice chap, so I'm happy to not sending be sending him a request for a refund
If someone desperately wants me to open it up to see the insides, I can do so, once it is fully discharged obviously!
Which just goes to show that "noise artefacts" are not intrinsically/objectively/always bad! Some people prefer what they bring to the sonic party, and indeed many systems have been built around their existence and might sound flat without them.Hmmn, all possible classic symptoms of more noise artefacts?
Well I would argue that if they are noise artefacts then indeed they are intrinsically bad and will ultimately be fatiguing. I do however allow that there is a chance that they are not noise but with a power supply change to a streamer those sorts of descriptions are nearly always as a result of noise induced intermodulation distortion which is not benign noise such as might be found in a valve amp. If one considers the mechanism for how a power supply to a digital source can affect the sound it is usually by producing more/less noise overlaid on the digital signal which when it gets into the dac analogue stage produces the intermodulation distortion.Which just goes to show that "noise artefacts" are not intrinsically/objectively/always bad! Some people prefer what they bring to the sonic party, and indeed many systems have been built around their existence and might sound flat without them.
The sound including them might not be the hi-est of fi, but we've all argued for the overriding importance of enjoying what our systems do to our listening pleasure. Well, most of us.... I wonder what happened to whatisname...
Don't make me start a thread called For the Love of Noise... it could get messy!
It would suggest that the difference between 12v laptop power supply and the supercharger is a reduction in noise coming into the Innuous.
Talk to @TheFlash he has two at the last count. His are both modified to use an LPS by taking out the internal smps. (Another project for you!)
Yes, if I hear any improvement I'll certainly consider adding another supercharger to mine.
Hi, I realise this is now quite an old thread but maybe you could shine a little light on a question I have?
The world of power supplies and their impact on sound is not entirely new to me. I had in the past Naim equipment. Expensive power supplies seemed to promise big improvements in their line though the cost eventually pushed me away from Naim.
This is something I hadn't considered. I'm not technically well qualified and the thought scares me a little. Is this as straightforward as it maybe seems? Could there be any damage caused to other components ?
