Recent content by Phill r

Already in place.,,😬

Wow! Thanks for taking the time! It’s still a really excellent dac and I’m comparing to chord qutest with lpsu to the D33 and the D33 is more musical, weighty and does not lose out on the micro details of the qutest. Your explanation of the signal clocking makes sense as I can’t really tell the...

I have an older Arcam D33 dac that will accept usb 2 but it’s not isolated galvanically, so should I use usb or spdif out from the pulse mini for best quality or does it all come from the same point in the pulse mini and makes no difference.

Makes perfect sense. Thanks Stephen

Can anyone explain why there is such a large input voltage range on the pulse mini? 9-24v.. I use a supply toward the upper end of the range and it sounds better than one at say 12-16v. Is it purely for convenience to be able to use a range of supplies.? Thoughts…

I’m using qutest too and already had the psu from a zen mini but the pulse took a couple of weeks but was good from the off . I tired it bare into the quest and the psu is a step up for sure

The psu brings more weight and texture to the bass and better separation with a smoother top end. Are you using the internal dac? As the psu is supposed to make a bigger difference to this, more than using external dac.

I’m a bit stuck then! BTW nice simple set up , that amp looks special

Maybe take cover off and just check nothing looks amiss? How warm is warm tho? It could be the processor is working a bit harder with a newer version of sense?

That’s where the heatsink is for the power supply I think. My kit often feels randomly warmer sometimes than others and out it down to fluctuating mains voltage

Pulse mini with lpsu, isolated from network noise by Reiki superswitch and matching lpsu, chord qutest with lpsu. Nice meaty relaxed sound with plenty of the well reported chord quality but smoothed out with attending to noise and rfi.

I use exactly that combo.. lpsu/ pulse mini/ qutest (with lpsu too) I’ve trued other psu’s like Sbooster and not quite good enough. The pulse mini and lpsu is a visual match and is very close in performance to my old zenith mk2.. believe it or not!

I used a wireless one and if was fine as the boot process is sliw enough to allow the dongle to start up

Yes use the service port , it is only for a screen so you can see the command lines. I plugged it all in the powered up and hit the relevant F key to go into bios It’s then quite straightforward after that , use the screen shots and take your time..

I left my zen running whilst I downloaded the files to a usb stick. Powered down the zen mini. Then connected a keyboard, monitor and the usb stick to the mini, (mini still connected by Ethernet) and went into the bios menu as instructed and followed the steps. I did not connect my laptop to the...