Linear Power Supply


I am thinking of venturing into the LPS world for a Wattson Madison ( original edition ) DAC-streamer that I acquired for a second system.  Rather surprisingly, I tried it in my primary system ( Leben cs600 and DeVore O93 ) and found it sounded superb and more enjoyable than my Electrocompanient ECM. Given the fact that it comes with a wall wart power supply, I thought a LPS might improve its sonics further.  In the course of doing some research I found a wide range of "sonic" characteristics in the different LPS available in the 500-1000 dollar price range. The potential power supplies I researched include Linear Tube Amplifier, Teddy Pardo, Fidelizer, Farrad and SBooster to name a few.  My goal is to improved bass response and add to the natural organic tone of the Wattson.  I am curious as to what others have found in their searches.

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Lord Milton,

There are several PliXir models. Which one did you use to compare to the Zayin?

What did the Zayin do better than PliXir?

 

Check out the two rail Uptone Audio JS-4.

I used the now discontinued JS-2 for my DAC and it worked well. The JS-4 is the improved successor model.

So to update the discussion.  I bought and have deployed a Linear Tuber Amplifier LPS; just added to the set-up.  In the first few hours, I can say there is definitely an increase and tightening of the bass.  Voices are more present and realistic. However, the soundstage is more forward and so far a bit fatiguing.  I am little suprised that it hasn't added as much weight to the music as I had hoped for. Hopefully with some more time and run-in it will settle down a bit.  I will keep the forum posted.