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RE: indeed very nice and very informative post too. thank you for that.

Hello Mark,

You are right to say that it is not known what performance from a PSU is required to get the best from cMP. We have still to work that one out!

My case is that I wanted to experiment with a choke PSU. If you read John Swenson’s post – this was his strong recommendation. So, partly, I was guided by his advice but not entirely. I have, for example, heard amplifiers and even DACs with choke power supplies and believe that they are characteristically “smooth”. However, whether or not this experience necessarily translates to a PC power supply is a fair question. I am not certain. You also make a point about commercial designs being “complex”. It strikes me that this so because they are designed with other uses in mind, whereas the Swenson design has one use in mind – digital audio.

If you are asking me: How did I know for sure that something bespoke was the best way to go? The truth is I didn’t – I simply had the opinion that something built to a proven design with quality parts by someone who I trust would give me a better result than the alternative. However, if someone whom I trusted had made a strong recommendation for something commercially available that worked for digital audio, my decision would have been different. But that hasn’t happened.

Regards,

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