bigfatpauli

Thank you! I'm surprised there is so little contrasting the two - where is Romaz when you need him? It seems most people here forgo the cost difference, get the LPS-1 and call it a day... Any advice/personal experience from anyone?

Hi folks! I don't know if this has been discussed but I certainly can't find it. How does the LPS-1 fair versus the Signature Series Power Supply? That is the better way to go?

Thanks for taking the time

Hahaha Thanks!

Thanks for all the answers. Let me see if I get this - the LPS-1 can take pretty much any PSU (an iFi or something more exotic) and the output is going to be near perfect to the MR regardless of the input. In a totally isolated environment, where one ONLY has the MR + LPS-1 + iFi, that would be perfect. In reality, however, we all have more gear than JUST the MR (like, say, a DAC) and that DAC is negatively impacted by something like the iFi being plugged in near it. So, in this case something like a quiet LPS is actually more for all the other components you have vs the MR, despite it powering the MR directly.

I'm sorry guys: I am honestly not trying to be difficult... I really am just trying to figure out what's best and I guess I am having a slow day or something. So the setup would be: Wall --> a 110v to 9v converter --> LPS-1 --> MR Now, out of the LPS-1 comes nearly perfect power for the MR: I get this (that is right, right?). The LPS-1 is like the gatekeeper for power to the MR and let's nothing bad through. What I'm not following is if what goes INTO the LPS-1 matters. If what's being fed to the LPS-1 does matter then it isn't acting a perfect 'gatekeeper' for the MR. It would more be taking the input signal and reducing the junk in the power rather than eliminating it. The MR sounds pretty darn good just straight out of the iFi basic PSU. The MR would be elevated with the LPS-1 in the middle; it would take all the bad stuff that the iFi outputs and cleans it up to near perfect if I understand correctly. So if it had crummey power IN and and perfect power OUT, why would something like a battery supply or Lau matter? In the first case: Bad power (iFi) --> LPS-1 --> Good power And the second case: Good power (battery, etc) --> LPS-1 --> Good power Either way the end result is 'good power'. Or is it more a case of: Bad power (iFi) --> LPS-1 --> Good power And the second case: Good power (battery, etc) --> LPS-1 --> Amazing power Basically, in a nutshell, I want to get a MR for my DAVE and I want to know if I should a MR with the iFi AND LPS-1 or save the $$, forgo the iFi, and get a very good LPS instead AND add the LPS-1 when it is released? -Paul

Thanks, John! I really appreciate you answering my question. So because the LPS-1 completely isolates something like a iFi should perform the same as a fancier (Hynes/Lau) alternative - correct?

Thanks! So the order of connections would be something like: Wall Power --> PSU --> LPS-1 -->MR If this diagram is correct then the LPS-1 is essentially acting as 'filter' to clean up the power (to put it in simple terms). I would guess then the that the intention is to use something like the iFi. I would wager if you already went through the trouble of getting something Paul Hynes PSU (already a good unit) the impact of the LPS-1 would be minimal. If the PSU was battery based I would imagine the impact of the LPS-1 would be pretty minimal as a battery supply should already be very, very close to ideal. Is this correct? I guess I am trying to figure out if I should go the route of getting the iFi + LPS-1 OR a Hynes/Lau LPS and just use that directly. The two options are similar money, so which would be superior? Again, I guess the Hynes/Lau+LPS-1 is probably ideal, but also the most costly (and feels like overkill, frankly).

Thanks!! So this is more like a 'battery' supply of sorts then? AS in it gets plugged into something like the iFi, charges, then you remove the iFi and plug into the MR? I'm just trying to wrap my head around this.

I have what is probably a silly question... It looks like (from the schematics) that the Ultracap takes input from something like the iFi power supply and cleans it up versus connecting directly to 110v main - is that correct or does it plug directly into the wall?