Supercapacitor Power Supply tour

[Ciunas Audio]

OK, Chris Pm me your name & address please

 

[suzywong]

OK, Chris Pm me your name & address please

John,

You have PM.

Does it come with any secondary DC cables or do I need to held hold of some more. Cheers

 

[Ciunas Audio]

Thanks Chris
It comes with SMPS charger & two DC cables 2.1mm to 2.1mm connections

 

[suzywong]

Cool, I’ve plenty of 2.1 adaptors.

 

[Tirnaog]

Thanks for your impressions, Patrick
I've no one else on the list, AFAIK
So unless anyone else wants to try it, I guess it can return to daddy

I'll send it back on monday John.

I've been playing around with it in different places and keep coming back to powering my Aqvox switch. it's definitely a keeper..

 

[Ciunas Audio]

Don't worry, Chris, Patrick is sending it onto you, not back to me

 

[suzywong]

LOL

 

[Ciunas Audio]

But it probably won't be on Monday - he needs more time with it & I'm happy to oblige

 

[suzywong]

No worries

 

[Tirnaog]

I will be posting the SC Psu tomorrow to @suzywong

 

[suzywong]

Okie dokie. Should arrive around Friday, which is good timing for me

 

[Tirnaog]

SC 5v psu posted today for next day delivery to @suzywong

 

[Ciunas Audio]

Thanks Patrick
Can you post your final impressions, please?
I don't know what else you tried it on?

 

[Tirnaog]

Apart from using in on my Aqvox switch where it made a pleasant improvement, smoother overall sound with deep bass and natural tone to voices, I also tried on my Sonore Ultradigital. This requires 6-9v, well mostly as it dropped out occasionally so not ideal. Even though the 5v is not really enough I found the SC created a cleaner and clearer sound in a good way. This was a more subtle effect that on the switch, which made for a more relaxed experience overall.

 

[krenzler]

From the SC PSU website description:

"You only need to provide an 3 pin earthed mains cable specific to your country"

So you won't reap the benefits if your mains aren't earthed?

 

[suzywong]

Hi John & Pat.

I think it’s arrived at my local sorting office - got card though the door today. Will stroll up there on Friday morning.

 

[Tirnaog]

Enjoy Chris

 

[suzywong]

As they say around these parts, "Well, I'll be buqqered!"

This is very interesting

 

[Ciunas Audio]

From the SC PSU website description:

"You only need to provide an 3 pin earthed mains cable specific to your country"

So you won't reap the benefits if your mains aren't earthed?

It doesn't NEED a mains earth connection - that's just one of the many techniques I have incorporated in the design to address all possible issues that I know of - this particular technique is to connect the SMPS negative DC output to mains earth (If a 3 pin mains cable is used) - all power supplies have a certain amount of current leakage on their outputs (SMPS more so). Leakage currents can affect the sound but you can also use a non-grounded mains cable if you wish & check if it sounds different.

 

[Ciunas Audio]

As they say around these parts, "Well, I'll be buqqered!"

This is very interesting

Hi Chris, I hope that's a good sign?