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No report on the experiment ... 8{(#

So while we wait, I offer up some reading on SMPS's...

First, this thread about the sonic effects of SMPSs that burst into the PC Audio Asylum last night:

http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/t.mpl?f=pcaudio&m=77788

Some snarking & sniping, but some good info too!


Second, this thread questioning replacing the SMPS in an Oppo CDP:

http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/t.mpl?f=hirez&m=267546

I found the comments about Ed Meitner's use of SMPSs and some of what he does to make them sound good especially interesting.



Third this post by Charles Hansen of Ayre talking about what they do to make an Oppo CDP into an Ayre CDP:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=17402589#post17402589

If the link doesn't take you there, go see post #11.

Honestly, I suspect that an excellently-designed and executed SMPS may beat a standard linear supply. But there are few of them around... and that someone as smart and experienced in electronics as Charles Hansen still choses to use linear supplies tells me it REALLY takes something to do that excellently-designed and executed SMPS... or maybe, I'm wrong and a good linear is ALWAYS better!

Greg in Mississippi

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