Pmaninit:idc:
PJPro:£100 seems quite a lot compared to the price of the DAC Magic, don't you think?
Less so as a PSU upgrade for an amp. The PSU that comes from Musical Fidelity is made in China with an MF sticker on it. It gets very, very hot and the fit of the plug into the amp is a bit on the lose side. £100 is a lot, but I look on the PSU a combination of mains conditioning and mains cable since the PSU itself is an upgrade and the cable is shielded Kimber. I know that Maplin PSUs are considered upgrades, but that to me that is an indication of problems with the originally supplied PSU by Cambridge and MF.
The DacMagic has great reviews, and sounds great. So what'd the problem??
It already sounds as good as a £1000 CDP, so the PSU can't be doing that bad a job, am I missing something here?
Pmaninit, the PSU provided is to a price point as they can be bought very cheaply, especially in bulk. The sound difference will probably be small, so if were Cambridge I would probably go with the cheaper option to make my DAC more competitive. I would also be aware that many people do not report any benefits from upgrades, tweeks, whatever you want to call them. Indeed some people are vermently against them and see the whole thing as snake oil.