Quote Originally Posted by Dave Cawley View Post
Well, my PSU is designed to work well with Jelco and SME, can't win them all! BTW, why did you have to return the other PSU?

Also I'm not a fan of the GCHP, so I think it's a holistic issue. Hence the brilliant Hi Fi World and Tone Audio reviews that both used SME ?

Regards

Dave
All I can say is that Paul Hynes designs his PSUs to work well, and to be unconditionally stable in any application. As for the return, it was due to a fault with my own multimeter, and nothing at all to do with the Paul Hynes PSU

Reviewers have personal preferences (and prejudices) as well, do they not? I preferred he GCPH over my old Dino/Dino+ when I had my old Heavied Spacedeck/Spacearm/Wave Mechanic. The qualities that it displayed a few years ago still please me.

Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
......One quick thing I would say though is it's definitely a synergy issue. I haven't heard the Paul Hynes, but if the Time Step in my system sounded as Shuggs has described it'd be in the bloody bin, not making truly superb sounding music with my Techy!

The good thing though is Shuggs seems happy with the result he's getting overall now, which is the main thing

Marco.
I'm not saying at all that the Time Step sounded bad, in fact I think I've been quite clear that it does significantly improve the standard SL-1210's performance (and Dear God, it does need a helping hand). I am saying that another PSU which is designed on totally different principles betters the Time Step, and seems (subject to a lot more listening) to go a long way to addressing my previous indifference to the SL-1210.

We could probably argue for months and years over this particular synergy issue (and I will never let you grind me down over Rega-based arms), but this largely boils down to personal taste. I may even actively dislike your deck's sound if I heard it; however I find it interesting that the Paul Hynes PSU has, in my system, apparently elevated the SL-1210 in the musical rankings, while simultaneously exposing weaknesses in the Kenwood, previously masked by the crude standard supply circuit. The Kenwood benefitted from the Pual Hynes PSU in a number of ways, not least overall stability and precision, but cleaning the window brought other issues into clear view.

And yes, I am encouraged by the results so far, which is all that matters. Others may find my reflections useful, which is after all the benefit of online forums such as AoS.