Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:01 pm
Dear god, do you need that many in a live situation?
Or is it 14 DS-1s with slightly different settings?
Or is it 14 DS-1s with slightly different settings?
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:02 pm
Three of them are DS-2's.
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:58 pm
I wanted to post in this thread for a while but I have been SS'ing off my mobile and posting is a bitch. My first bit of posting was a complete fail so... I'll try here.
I've been using daisy chains now for as long as I can remember and I have never come across any hum at all even when using pedals that are supposedly suppose to hum like fuck when run in daisy chains, so I'm just guessing that these pedals only hum when used in certain set ups and I have just been rather lucky.
At the moment though, I'm using the PowerPad II by MKS. For some reason my pedal chain sounds better; this isn't subjective retail therapy or anything because I did A/B my old board (BCB-60, crap. Don't buy, it falls to bits after a few gigs...) with my new one and I seem to have a greater frequency response using an isolated power supply instead. If somebody could drop some science on this I'd love to know why. My guess is that because each pedal is getting a regulated power supply of there own in my new board I'm not starving them of precious, precious voltage. Another brill thing is that the PowerPad has an output on the bottom of it that you can attach to a multitap and give power to any other power supplies you might need for your 12v or 18v pedals. Its rated that it puts out 6A from this extra adapter do-hickey so thats more than enough voltage to power anything that you can throw at it. My little review... Trying not to sound like a power supply fan boy.
Also, I was speaking to the guy that I got my new board off and he says that he is currently at the end stage of releasing (just going through testing atm) a new power supply that is isolated and has dipswitches on each output to select voltages either 9v, 12v or 18v. He said that its probably going to cost just under what a Voodoo Labs power supply would cost, so it is going to be quite expensive. It sounds interesting and I dibs to revive this thread when I can get my hands on it and do a little review, which might be in a couple of months or so.
This is a really long post. Sorry.
I've been using daisy chains now for as long as I can remember and I have never come across any hum at all even when using pedals that are supposedly suppose to hum like fuck when run in daisy chains, so I'm just guessing that these pedals only hum when used in certain set ups and I have just been rather lucky.
At the moment though, I'm using the PowerPad II by MKS. For some reason my pedal chain sounds better; this isn't subjective retail therapy or anything because I did A/B my old board (BCB-60, crap. Don't buy, it falls to bits after a few gigs...) with my new one and I seem to have a greater frequency response using an isolated power supply instead. If somebody could drop some science on this I'd love to know why. My guess is that because each pedal is getting a regulated power supply of there own in my new board I'm not starving them of precious, precious voltage. Another brill thing is that the PowerPad has an output on the bottom of it that you can attach to a multitap and give power to any other power supplies you might need for your 12v or 18v pedals. Its rated that it puts out 6A from this extra adapter do-hickey so thats more than enough voltage to power anything that you can throw at it. My little review... Trying not to sound like a power supply fan boy.
Also, I was speaking to the guy that I got my new board off and he says that he is currently at the end stage of releasing (just going through testing atm) a new power supply that is isolated and has dipswitches on each output to select voltages either 9v, 12v or 18v. He said that its probably going to cost just under what a Voodoo Labs power supply would cost, so it is going to be quite expensive. It sounds interesting and I dibs to revive this thread when I can get my hands on it and do a little review, which might be in a couple of months or so.
This is a really long post. Sorry.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:38 pm
I just ordered a JohnnyShredfreak power supply for a back up to my Diago, i'm looking forward to being able to compare one against the other.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:12 am
No need. There's absolutely zero difference between the two.johnnyseven wrote:I just ordered a JohnnyShredfreak power supply for a back up to my Diago, i'm looking forward to being able to compare one against the other.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:21 am
Good, then i've saved myself 50 quid.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:39 am
Correct! 
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:57 am
Just for the record:
The photos show that this power bank, available from http://www.bluearan.com/index.php?id=SK ... e=category and no doubt elsewhere, has a common earth and a single voltage regulator (it's fed by a 12V 1A wall wart). Boss and Behringer pedals are fine with this, but adding a Line 6 pedal generates loads of electronic buzz. Positive earth pedalss like most PNP fuzz face designs would also need a separate PSU.
The Johnny_Shredfreak PSU and a daisychain are cheaper and have more load capacity.
The photos show that this power bank, available from http://www.bluearan.com/index.php?id=SK ... e=category and no doubt elsewhere, has a common earth and a single voltage regulator (it's fed by a 12V 1A wall wart). Boss and Behringer pedals are fine with this, but adding a Line 6 pedal generates loads of electronic buzz. Positive earth pedalss like most PNP fuzz face designs would also need a separate PSU.The Johnny_Shredfreak PSU and a daisychain are cheaper and have more load capacity.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:12 pm
I too tried the Maplin power supply. That noisy piece-of-shit went back very quickly. Bought a Carl Martin powerjack instead, which has worked great (comes with loads of adaptors too).vivadeluxxe wrote:I have the Maplin supply, which was OK when I first bought it, with just a couple of distortions and chorus, but became seriously noisy when I added a delay and reverb pedal to my board...
I picked up the Johnny Shredfreak power supply to replace it, and I haven't looked back since... works a treat...
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:56 pm
Rhysyrhys wrote: Also, I was speaking to the guy that I got my new board off and he says that he is currently at the end stage of releasing (just going through testing atm) a new power supply that is isolated and has dipswitches on each output to select voltages either 9v, 12v or 18v. He said that its probably going to cost just under what a Voodoo Labs power supply would cost, so it is going to be quite expensive. It sounds interesting and I dibs to revive this thread when I can get my hands on it and do a little review, which might be in a couple of months or so.
Voltage options like that are gold and I'd be apt to praise those who give them a shot.
At the same time(not directing this at you, Rhys), given how much we end up spending on pedals...plus flippin' lattes and burgers, for that matter, is $150 too much for a decent power investment for those that could wait a bit to save up for a decent purchase? I've mentioned before how I use both a Voodoo PP2 and a One Spot, each for quite different reasons under normal circumstances, yet I insist on dragging along the PP2 in dodgy clubs with shifty wall voltage to keep things both safe and QUIET...especially fuzzes. A proper transformer is a lovely thing, in certain places.
Side note: At Winter NAMM 2011 we'll have a 12-output power supply coming out, all 9v/12v switchable and three with up to 250mA. Looks like a shiny sandwich made from a pre-Arnold T-800, too!