Mains Cables R Us linear PSU for SB-Touch: A+

Here is the review in question, it was done by Patrick Cleasby who I understand is a BBC engineer.

What a brilliant review-a stop in your tracks moment. And to think there are still people who say changing the stock supply makes no difference because there are switching supplies inside the Touch. It seems logical to me that better supply regulation will improve the SQ.

Yes, good review. That's exactly what the PS did to my ears.

Thanks David. What a perfect review quote ;)

Congratulations on that!

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Originally Posted by Covenant

What a brilliant review-a stop in your tracks moment. And to think there are still people who say changing the stock supply makes no difference because there are switching supplies inside the Touch. It seems logical to me that better supply regulation will improve the SQ.

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Agree, probably the same people who says mains leads make no difference! :)

I would go one stage further and say that the touch sounds great using the built in dac when used with my PSU.

Hi David,

You have private mail... :eyebrows:

If you are using the optical output on the Touch would a linear PSU be useful or is it more so when using internal DAC/ analogue out?

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Originally Posted by colinB

If you are using the optical output on the Touch would a linear PSU be useful or is it more so when using internal DAC/ analogue out?

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I heard a noticeable difference when I connected an SBooster to the PSU of my Squeezebox Touch, a
d I use mine as a transport.
I imagine that a linear PSU would be just as noticeable.

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Originally Posted by colinB

If you are using the optical output on the Touch would a linear PSU be useful or is it more so when using internal DAC/ analogue out?

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hi
it gives an overall improvement when using the touch's internal dacs and also when using either digital output