andrews
pfm Member
Have you compared this to the Teddy XPS ?
Teddy Pardo 555DRPS Killer
- Thread starter CheshireCheese
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Have you compared this to the Teddy XPS ?
I own two Teddy power supplies, and I'm very happy with the Teddy XPS powering my CDS3. I was just noticing last night that used CD555s are coming up occasionally for what I could probably get by selling on the CDS3, but I would need the 2nd PS connection to run one. So I'd be curious about a Teddy 555PS if such a thing were to be produced. In my previous profession, performing in-warranty hardware service for Apple, I've seen more than a handful of defective power supplies damage downstream components, so I was initially weary trying a non-Naim power supply. I guess I figured if it were a defect within a Naim PS, they would repair the damage it caused. But after about 2.5 years of running a Teddy XPS and HiCap, I have no reservations about the quality of his power supplies. Other manufacturers have yet to win that level of trust with me.
Dave H.
Revolutionary relativist
Where’d you hear that?
Killersteve
pfm Member
IF a TP 555PS will come up, I would assume, they use x2 half size boxes, like the TP Supercap.
Maxbertola
pfm Member
That reminds me a little of Hitchcock's Vertigo, or the soya hamburgers...
Just joking (but why the actual Naim amps then?)
rontoolsie
pfm Member
I'm sure the TPS 555PS when it arrives with have a VERY interesting twist ;-)
CheshireCheese
Member
Possibly naimed the TPXPS+ add this box to your existing TPXPS and utilise the Burndy's that were supplied with the NPS and you have a 555PS Killer! Excited to get the new box hooked up to my system. Thanks Teddy for listening to your customers!
Dave H.
Revolutionary relativist
So the TP555 isn’t a better PS, it’s just a way to run both sockets on an NDS from one TPXPS, or even just 2 TPXPSs lashed together? I can see why that might work, but I’m not sure it’d maximise the appeal to potential customers. And I’m struggling to see how one could really justify calling it a 555PS killer.
It really only applies to anyone currently powering an NDS with one TXPS, rather than also offering an upgrade to anyone using a TXPS or XPS with an NDX, 272 or whatever - which is what the 555PS can do.
Do you know that that’s the plan?
CheshireCheese
Member
OK well I have my NDS powered by a TPXPS and TPXPS+.....
The initial impression is a smoother sound with greater separation and wider soundstage. Utilising the Burndy’s supplied with the NDS, make this an incredible bargain vs the 555PS. Some Naim equipment cannot be replicated or improved on but their power supplies are noisy, overpriced sink holes that need servicing every 10 years. May as well save some money and buy yourself a boat!
The initial impression is a smoother sound with greater separation and wider soundstage. Utilising the Burndy’s supplied with the NDS, make this an incredible bargain vs the 555PS. Some Naim equipment cannot be replicated or improved on but their power supplies are noisy, overpriced sink holes that need servicing every 10 years. May as well save some money and buy yourself a boat!
rattlesnaic
pfm Member
CheshireCheese,
Are you using the NDS #1 Burndy on #1 socket ?
I'm still using the SXPS Burndy as the #1 has a different pin configuration (two extra pins on the bottom which aren't on a XPS)
CheshireCheese
Member
TPXPS > NDS Burndy #1 > NDS Socket #1
TPXPS+ > NDS Burndy #2 > NDS Socket #2
Hope that helps.
rattlesnaic
pfm Member
I'll give the #1 Burndy a try then thanks
rattlesnaic
pfm Member
Burndy #1 has 13 pins
No getting confused Burndy has 10 pins
But 555ps Socket has 13 pins
Xps Socket has 11 pins
CheshireCheese
Member
I was using a TP Burndy with TPXPS to power socket #1 of my NDS with the jumper socket in place on NDS #2. Now using TPXPS & TPSXPS+ with Naim NDS Burndy 1&2. BIG improvement down to separation of Power Supplies rather than any difference in Burndy’s.
NDS Burndys can ONLY be utilised if you are powering NDS sockets 1&2 with a 555PS or TPXPS & TPXPS+. With a single supply you have to utilise a Naim XPS or TP XPS Burndy.