Bas V
pfm Member
The Aries LE I'm looking at only has digital out. Is the better PSU bollocks? I read about giant differences by better PSU's everywhere...
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The Aries LE I'm looking at only has digital out. Is the better PSU bollocks? I read about giant differences by better PSU's everywhere...
beammeup
pfm Member
I used to be a lumberjack but couldn't stand the shirts and a laptop generally doesn't cut your fingers off
Were you axed from your last job then before embarking on your new career path.
notevenclose
pfm Member
Staying objective re his career path was the previous issue — turned out he couldn't see the wood for the trees.
Amber Audio
This is the Day
Try it and see. I’ve heard differences adding power supplies, a Naim 202 improved a fair old bit adding a TeddyCap Plus, defo a grin moment but on the Aries Mini digital out the official Auralic LPS made no audible difference, was into a Naim nDAC and a Chord. The wall wart is a bit naff so for build/looks alone if you’re paying reasonable money for it the Auralic PSU would be worth getting. There’s a full fat Aries + PSU going for £790 if it’s still there at Audio Emotion.
Only my opinion but a lot of these black and white/massive differences you read about are exaggerations. I bought the Auralic G2 Clock rrp £8k and lent it to a mate who heard an improvement on DSD, I heard much less of a difference, the reviews claimed it was a big step forward. I leave a piece of gear in place for a while - if I miss it a week after it’s been removed it goes back in, if not it gets moved to the office or sold.
Amber Audio
This is the Day
Pretty sure there’s a pfm warning system for comments like these, I’ll leaf it there cos I’m away to branch out into another line of work.
notevenclose
pfm Member
In principle, you'll never go wrong with a better PSU. After all, in one sense, that's all your system is.
In practice, it's not quite so straightforward. I've heard 'better' PSUs make a worthwhile difference (eg. Meridian 103, Project RS Series, original Naim CD5) but I've also encountered cases where the improvements were marginal at best and of no consequence 20 minutes later. And I've heard additional PSUs make things worse (Cyrus), good for the comedic effect of the expression on the dealer's face if nothing else.
I once added an external linear PSU to a Mac mini, very reasonably priced at more than the mini itself, difference was pretty minor in the grand scheme of things, and the PSU transformer got on my tits by humming like buggery. It didn't last long.
A more recent effort with a Mac mini yielded better results with a better spec machine, a lot more RAM, better software, and some fancy cabling. But I've never experienced a 'night and day' difference, nor would I expect to unless something really was a dud bit of design.
beammeup
pfm Member
He went from rooting to routing ... OK enough now!
MUTTY1
Waste of bandwidth
Don’t diss an IT Consultant. In these digital times it’s the equivalent of giving your surgeon the middle finger as you go under
beammeup
pfm Member
So which Streamer did you select in the end ?
beammeup
pfm Member
Brilliant, but watch out for the overheating issue they have