Simon Patten's latest activity
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier..I agree, I'm sure they have excellent smoothing in the ADI-2 but even so, switch mode power supplies are horrible noisy things.
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier..Ok, thanks. I've been wondering if a linear PSU would improve the ADI-2 (despite what RME say) so was hoping you'd tried it.
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SSimon Patten posted a comment on the item Parks Audio Waxwing.Apologies for the incorrect info earlier, I had no idea it could be ordered through Amazon.
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier..What is the box next to the ADI-2? Is it a linear power supply for it and if so, did it make an audible difference?
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SSimon Patten reacted to RobWilde's post in the thread FLUX Mentor Class-A dual-mono headphone amplifier. with Like.So I’ve been A/Bing the MJ3 and the Mentor and I thought I’d drop in some thoughts. I make no pretence to being able to properly review...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread RME ADI-2 DAC Thread.It's easy to be dismissive about these things without trying them. If switch mode power supplies were satisfactory everyone would use...
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SThey just pushed out two super expensive LPS
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SRME doesn’t do audiophile snake oil. It won’t make a difference in sound.
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SGrounded so it prevents leakage currents through the DAC. It can affect connected components etc. Basically there are quite a few...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread RME ADI-2 DAC Thread.I do trust them, but having heard the difference replacing the power cable on my amp with a high quality one and upgrading from one PSU...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread RME ADI-2 DAC Thread.Thanks. I'm in the UK so mine has a Figure 8 socket and a cable with a standard 3 pin power plug so no advantage here. I have been...
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SThe supplied power supply is two prong. The nt rme 12 is three prong providing a ground. No sonic change.
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SSimon Patten posted a comment on the item Parks Audio Waxwing.BTW, if anyone is curious and wants to use it as a phono front end, I could let you have a copy of a track or two ripped from LPs using...
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SSimon Patten posted a comment on the item Parks Audio Waxwing.Not possible as he is a one man operation in the US but there is a link on his page for international orders and mine arrived in the UK...
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SSimon Patten replied to the thread RME ADI-2 DAC Thread.What is the difference between this and the supplied PSU? Did it change the sound?