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In Reply to: RE: How far must a DAC board posted by xaudiomanx on January 13, 2015 at 16:58:30
They did not use as big transformer as their separate power supply but you can see everything is kept away and placed as far as it can go.Their reference series stuff almost always have a power supply in a separate chassis due to its size. Here's one of their largest power supply for a DAC ( or CD player ) taking up the entire real estate in the same size chassis as a DAC.
In which case the power supply usually is placed on a secondary shelf ( ideal ) or at least with an ample space above it.
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Not everything, just the transformer. I don't think the transformer location was intentional for that reason though.
The second one is bigger than a lot of power amp power supplies!Dave
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but Naim built their business ( and the house sound ) on their over spec'd power supply.
I could use two of those large power supplies for my CD player. One to power an analogue section and another for digital. To my surprised an addition made a difference.
Here is a separate power supply for one of their amplifier. The transformer seems slightly bigger than the digital PS I've posted on my previous post.
I hope you have a lot of rack space! I have always admired Naim from afar. They are a bit out of my price range, but I bet a Naim rack would make my Spendor BC-1's sing!
Dave
Usually split the rack in two. One for power supply and another for audio circuit carrying head unit. Sometimes shelfs are left empty to give enough distance above power supply if a source components are above it.
It's a bit of anachronism now as the trend in hifi has been less boxes and they need to be invisible.
This system only has one source but it's an active 3 way with 3 amps. All the power supplies are away from the head units. Looks like his CD player gets 2 separate power supplies.
I am still a believer that "size matters". It is true that they can do amazing things with small boxes, but you get the best results, to my ears, with the traditional, large power supplies. (Tri-amping helps too!)
Dave
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