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POWER SUPPLY

A well built robust power supply has a lot to do with a speaker having a open and easy sound. The old adage, "It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it" definitely applies here.

I have heard (I'm sure you have as well) speakers sound wildly different when partnered with different amps, even when their respective power ratings are similar. The ease with which a amp can deliver near instantaneous power has a lot to do with that wide open easy sound we audiophiles all go bat shit crazy for. We have all at one time heard what could be described as a muddled congested sound from a cheap (and some not so cheap amps).

Case in point; My Mikey built Sherwood S-5000 with its mostly film cap power supply completely embarrassed a well regarded Italian integrated tube amp. Same speakers - Completely different sound especially on complex rock and large scale music where reproduction of bass speed and slam are critical. I could be wrong, but I believe when a amp cannot deliver enough instant power to reproduce bass and upper bass, the treble suffers as well......Slow soggy bass and closed in sound.

Don't get me wrong, ribbon tweeters sound different than metal dome ferro fluid tweeters. Cones sound different than stats, and speaker crossover design can affect what you are going to hear to a large degree, but it all begins in the power supply in my book.

I bring this point up because I think it goes mostly unnoticed.















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