[sdiy] Switched-mode power supply module in synths... good or bad?

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth haima at 26/01/12 09:21...
> I've used "Mean Well" brand a few times for mic preamps (GS25A series, and also a larger one, I forget the model).
>
> Used a basic 10R and cap filter on the power entry to each preamp. Couldn't detect any HF noise, hash or anything... The preamps have a lot of gain, so I would expect any noise problems to be apparent if they existed, but everything seemed very clean.
>
> They seem to be available from Mouser and quite a few other sources... I got mine in Australia.

Ah, that's good to know - I was going to ask if anyone had used those 
since that's what both my vendors (Element14 and Soanar) carry.


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