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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
 Posted - 10/17/2008 : 06:48:38
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I use a Cioks Double John (5x9V and 2x12V outputs) and daisy chains when needed. This is a great power supply, small and well filtrated.
I also have a couple of Boss PSA´s.
I stay away from switched supplies with the exception of the one supplied with Boss BCB-60, all of them make some digital pedals (more or less) noisy. But the Boss works fine, I don´t know why.
All my vintage-styled fuzzes always uses batteries, zink-carbon, they sound much better this way. And some of them have strange polarity (or something, it has nothing with positive and negative to do) and doesn´t work together with “normal” pedals. Stinkfoot has wrote about this phenomen somewhwere.
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jaymzHal
Silver Member
United Kingdom
297 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2008 : 11:52:12
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quote:
Originally posted by Goran
I use a Cioks Double John (5x9V and 2x12V outputs) and daisy chains when needed. This is a great power supply, small and well filtrated.
I also have a couple of Boss PSA´s.
I stay away from switched supplies with the exception of the one supplied with Boss BCB-60, all of them make some digital pedals (more or less) noisy. But the Boss works fine, I don´t know why.
All my vintage-styled fuzzes always uses batteries, zink-carbon, they sound much better this way. And some of them have strange polarity (or something, it has nothing with positive and negative to do) and doesn´t work together with “normal” pedals. Stinkfoot has wrote about this phenomen somewhwere.
Goran, Cioks make the carl martin big johns as well. Have you bought any additional power supply-pedal leads for it? if so, how much were they? I need a couple more. |
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visserman
Platinum Member
1072 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2008 : 13:48:27
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Powersupplies are not sexy, they do not sound funky and they are just a necessary tool to power up your pedals.
Like most of you I have quite a few and like with many things I have made the mistake of buying several of them as well.
Mostly I use daisychained PSA's, but really any good regulated powersupply will do the job.
I just wonder why some of you have so many.
I my case I used to think that the PSA/ACA were the best ones for Bosspedals, but really any good regulated one will do the job.
Best pedals are still the ones which come with build-in powersupplies, like the old style Boss ones and the Electro-Harmonix ones. |
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2008 : 17:04:15
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Originally posted by visserman
I just wonder why some of you have so many.
Well, the reason for me having 3 ACA's is that back in the day I couldn't get PSA's, or maybe they didn't exist, or maybe I wasn't aware of them and the difference between 'em.
But I did notice that when using multiple pedals daisychained on a single ACA things would hum like crazy, and that's why I bought 3 separate ones to solve the humming problem.
Btw, I got one of 'em 2nd hand for a bargain price.
Look how I solved it on my first pedal board in the pic below:
Wall outlets screwed to a board for the ACA's, the black box is a homebuild PSU for the wah.
Ah, to hell with it, ignorance is bliss 
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omikl
Copper Member
Malaysia
17 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2008 : 17:31:13
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| A real mixed bag. I still use the one that came with my BCB-60 because it hasn't broken yet, but I had two Boss PSAs die in a coupleof years and decided that enough was enough. I now use Ibanez 200 mV and Danelectro Nn-Hum supplies for my other pedal boards, and a Casio one I got with my Korg G4 years ago (the store had lost the box, adapter & manuals so I got it NOS for about US$55) with my ME-50. The Danelectros work great and are the cheapest I can find that are regulated. |
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nathanscribe
Silver Member
United Kingdom
376 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2008 : 22:11:07
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Just spotted this:
http://www.biyang.com.cn/Products.asp?Id=55
Looks interesting. I've got a couple of their pedals, and they're pretty good - I wonder if the ACA sockets are like the old type? And it seems the first two sockets are meant for daisy-chaining. No price on their site though. |
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DarrinPA
Silver Member
USA
221 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2008 : 00:54:59
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| I use a One-Spot power supply with two 5-plug daisy chains. They are cheap and durable, plus the right angle connectors allows me to fit two rows of pedals in my transport case. |
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starr36
Platinum Member
Canada
1172 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2008 : 02:59:31
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I use PSA 120, daisy chain, but feed it thru a PSM-5.
I have 5 brand new ACA 120G if anyone wants to buy one. LOL. |
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
1185 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2008 : 06:01:41
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I use a Godlyke Power-All (identical to the 1-spot AFAIK), and a couple old slanty ACAs. I was worried they were the new, useless kind, but they power my archaic stuff no problem.  |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2008 : 09:36:11
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Originally posted by jaymzHal
quote:
Originally posted by Goran
I use a Cioks Double John (5x9V and 2x12V outputs) and daisy chains when needed. This is a great power supply, small and well filtrated.
I also have a couple of Boss PSA´s.
I stay away from switched supplies with the exception of the one supplied with Boss BCB-60, all of them make some digital pedals (more or less) noisy. But the Boss works fine, I don´t know why.
All my vintage-styled fuzzes always uses batteries, zink-carbon, they sound much better this way. And some of them have strange polarity (or something, it has nothing with positive and negative to do) and doesn´t work together with “normal” pedals. Stinkfoot has wrote about this phenomen somewhwere.
Goran, Cioks make the carl martin big johns as well. Have you bought any additional power supply-pedal leads for it? if so, how much were they? I need a couple more.
The single ones are about US$4 the double about $6, there are diffrent lenths but that don´t raise the prise very much. Good quality! |
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the-destructor
Silver Member
USA
334 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2008 : 14:01:38
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Currently running (3) One Spots and a few proprietary adapters. I personally limit my One Spot adapters to only run 8 pedals, if I needed more power, I bought another One Spot kit. My reasoning is to make sure the pedals ALWAYS have enough power & I'm not taxing the shit out that small awg wire. I would not care to start a fire underneath or anywhere near the pedalboard.
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visserman
Platinum Member
1072 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2008 : 15:31:59
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quote:
Originally posted by Dirk
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Originally posted by visserman
I just wonder why some of you have so many.
Well, the reason for me having 3 ACA's is that back in the day I couldn't get PSA's, or maybe they didn't exist, or maybe I wasn't aware of them and the difference between 'em.
But I did notice that when using multiple pedals daisychained on a single ACA things would hum like crazy, and that's why I bought 3 separate ones to solve the humming problem.
Btw, I got one of 'em 2nd hand for a bargain price.
Look how I solved it on my first pedal board in the pic below:
Wall outlets screwed to a board for the ACA's, the black box is a homebuild PSU for the wah.
Ah, to hell with it, ignorance is bliss
Yes Dirk,
Ignorance is bliss oftewel onwetendheid is.................
but it is great to know that a daisychained PSA will power almost anything, that is, if you know how to connect them [ACA pedals combined with PSA pedals]
I guess a lot of us have had these issues in the past, thinking you may need separate adaptor for certain pedal.
The whole issue of PSA/ACA is a great example how good this site can be with informing people about particular issues. |
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Some Weird Sin
Bronze Member
Netherlands
73 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2008 : 12:42:21
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I use this thing: http://www.burkey.nl/Flatliner%20SIX.html
for almost all my pedals and it works great. It has 6 isolated and regulated outlets, all adjustable in steps to 9, 12, 15 or 18VDC each @ 100 m
But I need a seperate power supply for my nova delay 12V 300mA and one for my Digitech XP100 whammy wah 9v 500mA
So 1 power block and 2 separate power supplies.
Before I had the Flatliner SIX I had 5 power supplies on my board: 1 one spot + daisy chain for most pedals, 1 Boss PSA for my RC-2 (because it hummed when daisy chained), 1 for my MXR falnger (12 volts) and 1 for the Nova and 1 for the Whammy.
So big improvement there  |
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gurran1928
Gold Member
Sweden
650 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2008 : 13:55:28
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| I´m using the PSM-5 because of the masterswitch. That's great. |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2008 : 13:58:34
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Hi Some Weird Sin
Nice looking Brick.
Does it have an internal transformer, or an external wall wart type P/supply?
Regards Dr. Bob |
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What power supplys do we all use?
