Originally Posted by
fatmarley
Prior to fitting Teddyregs, My old budget Cambridge Audio 640v2 CD player was a bit thin sounding and a had a kind of closed-In 2d sort of sound. It got good reviews and I know some people thought It sounded just like any other CDP.
After fitting Teddyregs and a PFM flea, It was much bigger and 3d sounding, with more detail. To me It was a big difference, but I can Imagine some people not hearing much of an Improvement.
Yup. The power at Point Of Load is all that really matters. A good regulator, as close as possible to POL and of vast importance, correct grounding practice, is basically where it's at. Get all this right and whats upstream of it, PSU wise, is largely irrelevant
Because this (and most of the important stuff in fact) is not something which a layman can just "plug 'n play" it gets ignored by enthusiasts whilst "unplug the old one, plug in the new one and there yer go" foo gets pages of debate I guess on a site for non technical audiophiles that's how it is of course.... And I can't complain 'cos if everyone knew all this stuff and was competent to fit it I'd be out of a job!
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