Teddy Pardo offers a replacement psu for the 2021 node. It involves taking the psu out of the node and replacing it with another board. No soldering involved but you have to be able to use a screwdriver. There are full instructions on his website. I’m contemplating getting a node and if I do then the standard psu will be replaced by the Teddy. It’s so easy even I can do it.Anyone know if the PSU on the new 2021 node can be upgraded?
Teddy Pardo offers a replacement psu for the 2021 node. It involves taking the psu out of the node and replacing it with another board. No soldering involved but you have to be able to use a screwdriver. There are full instructions on his website. I’m contemplating getting a node and if I do then the standard psu will be replaced by the Teddy. It’s so easy even I can do it.
Anyone know if the PSU on the new 2021 node can be upgraded?
I looked at this earlier and the Teddy P 2021 Node upgrade is 'boardless'. The PSU does it all 'offboard' and only the inlet plug and wiring are replaced. Have a look at the installation PDF on the website.
I was poised to pull the trigger and then came across a forum where the Teddy Pardo mod was said to offer minimal benefit if using the Node DAC. Aarghh. Back to the drawing board with Fidelity Audio I think.
I'd be amazed if an external psu swap made a difference to a digital file server. It'd have to be awful inside.
Really? I think it’s fairly well-known that they do quite often make a difference. Bluesound Node2i’s are built to a budget, hence the OEM psu is pretty basic.
So have given my Fidelity Audio (the base board and linear psu) a decent listen to over the last couple of nights.
Bass is definitely better in terms of both clarity and power, timing too. I’d actually say there are improvements across the frequency range. Sweeter treble and the midrange is even more transparent than it was before.
System for reference is Node2i > Weiss DAC202 > Avondale Grad One/TPX2/ZAP250 > Epos ES14’s.
The the SB was designed down to a price, limited regulation etc, I'd expect the bluesound to be a better thing.
Good stuff. Was it this one? Bluesound NODE 2 & 2i - Linear 1 PSU Interface (fidelityaudio.co.uk)
They have indicated that they plan to do so by year's end.Many thanks. Worth investigating I think. I'm waiting to see if Bluesound will activate the USB output on the new Node as promised.
Cheers.
There's definitely not consensus on this from previous posts here! Happy to go with those that have tried it.I think the Teddy Pardo, as well as the PD Creative and Fidelity mods are less efficacious when using an external DAC. There's nothing significantly different about their implementation, so effects should be similar across the board and largely tied to the quality of the power supply.