Does a DAC need a large/strong power supply?


I see these inexpensive DACs on ASR that get great reviews, but people say they're not that good because of a weak power supply. Is this mostly true? Does a DAC sound better with an overkill power supply?

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While I totally get the argument for beefier power supplies, and it's probably never wrong for a DAC to have one/them, but life once again showed me nothing is universally true, with a wonderful sounding DAC (MHDT Orchid) that's light as a feather, and thus I no idea if a  power supply needs to be heavy in order to be of high quality. Interested in what others think about this.

This forum gives way too much oxygen to ASR. Ignoring them completely is the best way to relegate their thinking to obscurity.