Power Supplies

kim · Post by **kim** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:02 pm

onespot

analogsystem · Post by **analogsystem** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:03 pm

I had a Visual Sound 1-Spot for about a year. It was ok but I noticed some noise when my delay was on after I added a 5th pedal. When I added my 6th pedal, I stepped up to the Voodoo Labs because there was a cheap one on craigslist. I really liked the idea of running my Big Muff with the voltage sag (which after a year, I've still been too lazy to even try out for some reason).

At any rate, the Voodoo is killer, I really noticed a drop in noise, even in really poorly wired clubs. Plus it's capable of powering lots of different kinds of pedals and has the extra AC power plug for a wired EH or whatever might come up. If you can find one cheap it's highly recommended.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:52 am

No shame in a heavy black box, the $150 investment in a Voodoo Lab Pee Pee Two deal is practically worth the value of my whole board when it comes to reliable performance, going on 4 years straight now.

No clock-based ticking, 12V for my Maxon AD-900, silent operation from the most sensitive of low amperage fuzzies, fully regulated, isolated outputs, I can even run EHX Holy Grail just fine from the 350mA oozing from the line6-dedicated outputs 5/6. Since I've usually got a 12-pedal mess to deal with I use a OneSpot for the remaining Boss pedals.

Fibus · Post by **Fibus** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:27 pm

Unfortunately it seems Diago are all out of powerstations so its a bunch of 9v or a cheap placeholder for me in the meantime. They sound like the business though.

James · Post by **James** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:14 am

Fibus wrote:Unfortunately it seems Diago are all out of powerstations so its a bunch of 9v or a cheap placeholder for me in the meantime. They sound like the business though.

For real? This would explain the price rise in ebay auctions. The last one actually went for Â£55 inc p&p (not sure what the diago p&p is, but thats equal to the rrp).

turtle · Post by **turtle** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:54 am

one spot power pack............nice
up to 8 effects..plus like 4 or 5 adaptors

couldn't find any Diago power pks on ebay....or around here

Post by **Mike** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:02 am

James wrote:
Fibus wrote:Unfortunately it seems Diago are all out of powerstations so its a bunch of 9v or a cheap placeholder for me in the meantime. They sound like the business though.
For real? This would explain the price rise in ebay auctions. The last one actually went for Â£55 inc p&p (not sure what the diago p&p is, but thats equal to the rrp).

Diago ships for free.

A lot of Diago stuff goes for more on ebay, like the pedalboards. It's weird. Just goes to show that their pricing is very good.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:41 am

I got one of these off ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0236006774

10 outputs, 1000ma, compact box, comes with 10 coloured power leads for under Â£20. works great, no noise, for that price how can you go wrong?

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:00 am

For the record, you'll be fine with a cheapo digital-switching-style power supply for the most part if you keep the juice eaters at a reasonable level, well under the supplied amperage. Jump the threshold, and you just might hear a swooshy-surge, followed shortly by a hugely explosive pop, and just pray your lucky stars that the blowout will fry just the first in the daisy chain.

The no-noise issue is not absolute, by the way. Some clock-based delays and choruses will get ticks from digital-switching converters, and most vintage spec pedals based on the Fuzz Face or UniVibe-type leslie sims will exhibit high-pitched squeals as well. For the most part I'm cool with them, but would still strongly recommend a fully regulated power supply for no-nonsense dependable power supply, regardless of what the wall is feeding you.

James · Post by **James** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:48 am

Mike wrote:
James wrote:
Fibus wrote:Unfortunately it seems Diago are all out of powerstations so its a bunch of 9v or a cheap placeholder for me in the meantime. They sound like the business though.
For real? This would explain the price rise in ebay auctions. The last one actually went for Â£55 inc p&p (not sure what the diago p&p is, but thats equal to the rrp).
Diago ships for free.

A lot of Diago stuff goes for more on ebay, like the pedalboards. It's weird. Just goes to show that their pricing is very good.

I ordered the boss style jack to the rat style jack conversion thing a while back and it was free shipping, then I got another a couple of months later and had to pay an extra couple of quid for shipping. It looks like shipping on a pedalboard is Â£10, so I'll probably just wait til the power supplies are back in stock and buy one and a gigman.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:54 am

I guess they've changed their policies recently, it's understandable, the deal was pretty ridiculously good.

I might end up getting a GigMan to put my 6100 footswitch, DT-10 and OrangePeel on. But at the moment I'm a long way from solvency.

James · Post by **James** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:15 am

Does andy still have a gigman? He bought your showman then sold it on ebay right?

Post by **Mike** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:23 am

I dunno. I know he sold the Showman, I'm not sure if he kept the Gigman or sold it - I think he probably kept it or he's boardless.

benwalker · Post by **benwalker** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:37 pm

I have a regulated 1200mA adapter from maplins (uk). It's a big mutha but does the job and is cheaper than diago (that I and didn't know about the diago stuff at the time...). Only downside is that I still have to have a 4-way on my board, since the DMM and POG use 24V and 18V supplies instead...

turtle · Post by **turtle** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:53 pm

aphasiac wrote:I got one of these off ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0236006774

10 outputs, 1000ma, compact box, comes with 10 coloured power leads for under Â£20. works great, no noise, for that price how can you go wrong?

that even looks really cool!

James · Post by **James** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:51 pm

James wrote:
Fibus wrote:Unfortunately it seems Diago are all out of powerstations so its a bunch of 9v or a cheap placeholder for me in the meantime. They sound like the business though.
For real? This would explain the price rise in ebay auctions. The last one actually went for Â£55 inc p&p (not sure what the diago p&p is, but thats equal to the rrp).

ebay link

These things need to be back in stock so the ebay prices can calm down a bit

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:12 pm

Sloan wrote:I have one of those bigass Fuman pedalboard with the built in powerstrip/conditioner. It's awesome, but i just sold almost all my pedals and i might sell this thing too.

That's what the new guitar player in my band has, it's pretty sweet. He really likes his too.