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In Reply to: RE: Well, Abe... posted by AbeCollins on May 31, 2013 at 12:15:59

I ended up with FOUR stock power transformers in parallel and that seemed to give me an adequate result. It also gave me a performance level that was surprisingly good. After hearing four, I could not go back to three.

But what is necessary in a CD Player is the low Z power transformers AND split up supplies, for various stages and modes of operation, digital and analogue, so that the noise from various functions don't "talk back" to each stage, through a common ground.

Things like Belleson regulators are very good, I approve of them, but the "goodness" or low Z of the SOURCE, the power transformer, ahead of the regulator, is always CLEARLY heard through any active regulator.

This means substituting a 10 Ampere power transformer in place of a 1 Ampere power transformer, for a sub 100 milliAmpere load, will simply sound better, no matter WHAT regulator you are using, Belleson or cheap stock three terminal.

I have done this, many times, over 30 years, so I can tell you "it ain't theory" I have HEARD it.

If anyone does this, they will learn and hear it for themselves. Also, its impossible for anyone who is discriminating to return to listening to lower VA power transformers, once you experience the differences in dynamics and micro detailing.

This is VERY easy to A-B.

One MUST use good wiring techniques and good wire, I usually find a triple parallel run of Kimber Kable TCSS sounds OK, and gives the biggest safe audio bang for the buck.

Plain old "heavy" wire (12 AWG for example) will usually sound muffled and roll off the highs. Thin wire will sound coherent but miss much of the peak audio energy and "body" to the music, so it alone is NOT the answer for best fidelity. The goal is linear sound with all the detailing and .... retain ALL the original dynamics !!

Triple paralleled TCSS is fairly safe as power supply hook up wire in most applications.

Jeff Medwin

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