Eeyore wrote:
Anton G˙sen wrote:
Adrian C wrote:
Use a PC switchmode power supply? or just disconnect the whole thing and
run from the original audio outputs of the CD player.
/me looks, ducks and runs for cover ...
Nice try 
Seriously, the replacement "enthusiast" power supply market for digital
addons is getting a bit OTT. I've got an Audio Alchemy dac-in-the-box
(use it for PC audio from S/PDIF) and lots of folks are brewing
alternative power supplies for that. Same goes for the
Slimdevices/Logitech Squeezebox.
Glad I'm in the right ballpark and my idea is not ridiculous. I love the
DAC but they really scrimped on the cheapo Chinese PSU.
Inside the DAC there will be a 'regulator chip'. Or possibly it's inside the
PSU itself.
Yes I know what I regulator does...
It will make **** all difference other than deal with your entirely misplaced
preconceptions. Some of the best quality electronics comes out of China now. I
know. I've been there and seen the factories and worked with them.
There's a lot of crap that comes out of China as well. It's not as
though Cambridge Audio are making their DAC transformers in-house, they
will be buying up the cheapest crud they can lay their hands on. The PSU
looks and feels cheap.