I was told to get a SLA battery

fbm211

Some seller advised me to go with a 12v SLA battery to power my Arthur DAC

Thats too much of a hassle to go and build DC power supply from scratch..

What would be a good outboard power supply I could get for around 100.00-300.00 range.
The arthur uses 12VDC

Polkersince85

I picked up a power supply for a XBox 360 at my local thrift. Seems to have good clean 12v power. Just a thought.

fbm211

Thanks but Im looking for something along the monolythic HC-1 or 2 or anything else like that.I imagine thier common upgrades for phono pre users but what about one for a dac.Mel over at camelot wants a crazy amount of money for the charm 2 DC power supply.

ShinAce

fbm211 wrote: »

Thanks but Im looking for something along the monolythic HC-1 or 2 or anything else like that.I imagine thier common upgrades for phono pre users but what about one for a dac.Mel over at camelot wants a crazy amount of money for the charm 2 DC power supply.

Agreed. Get a good 12 VDC supply.

I can't recommend any as I've always built power supplies from scratch. I personally would be using a toroidal transformer, some serious filter caps(because I can) and a variable regulator to make the beast.

I tried searching google but I come up with garbage....still looking though.

fbm211

Yeah.Thats awsome because I would pay to have a good PS.
How about you build me one.Could I get something nice for around 200 or so.
Just kidding if you dont feel like building one, but if you would thats cool too.

hifibourbon

Can't go wrong with an Astron, and would fit well under budget.

fbm211

Whats that?? Can you direct me to more info on an Astron?

hifibourbon

They build solid power supplies, some say they're noisy, others say they go overkill on the filtering. Either way, they've been around a while. I've owned a LS-35A (35 amp unit) for over 20 years. If it ever goes bad, I won't be brand shopping.

http://www.astroncorp.com/

txcoastal1

fbm211 wrote: »

Some seller advised me to go with a 12v SLA battery to power my Arthur DAC

Thats too much of a hassle to go and build DC power supply from scratch..

What would be a good outboard power supply I could get for around 100.00-300.00 range.
The arthur uses 12VDC

How many amps are we needing

txcoastal1

We use these for high controller automation because once component is in place the voltage can be tweeked to exact voltage

http://www.idec.com/usen/products/Catalogs/PowerSupplies/PowerSupplies.html


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All models, except the 100W unit, have a universal input that accepts 100-240VAC (or 110-350VDC). The PS5R is truly a power supply designed with a world market in mind, as evidenced by the UL508 listing, c-UL Listing, TUV approval, and CE marking (EN60950, EN50081-2, and EN50082-2).