Let's talk power supplies

[Kapo_Polenton]

I have pretty good luck with a one spot or Boss feeding a bunch of pedals but when I double up on overdrives or boost an OD, even with a noise suppressor pedal, there is a slight tail of noise before it clamps down. Clamp it down more, it affects note sustain. It is always a trade off it seems. So my question is, do the Voodoo power supplies prevent this from happening? Is there that much of a difference?

I am also curious about the cheapo chinese power bricks like the Donner. Word on the street is that these aren't true isolated power supplies. But are they better than the one spot? Can anything rival the Voodoo stuff?

I'm wiring up a new pedalboard so now is the time to swap power supplies before I get everything in place.

 

[tubortski]

I used a One Spot daisy chain to try different pedals before finalizing my pedal board with the Truetone CS12. I immediately noticed a quiet operation.

 

[Rick Lee]

I'm using the BBE Supa Charger, been fine for the last four years. If it breaks, I'll try Decibel 11 or Voodoo.

 

[Oblivion DC]

I'm using the Strymon Zuma. It's a little pricey but it really gets the job done.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

So I guess there is no point in cheaping out.. seems to me the best option for me being in Canada is probably just to go with the run of the mill voodoo.

 

[stratjacket]

I just went through a whole redo of mine. I ended up with a Strymon Zuma and 2 Strymon Oja's. So 19 total outlets, each at 500mA. I replaced a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2Plus and Dunlop Brick.

I guess it's from a life in IT running datacenters, I believe in overprovisioning good clean power. This was pricy, but should last forever. The VL Pedal Power lasted many years and still works fine.

 

[sleewell2]

voodoo labs pedal power II+

 

[GOHOINC]

I've had really great luck with the voodoo.lab stuff. All of the stuff over ever tried from them has worked great
Friedman is offering a nice power supply now too though as well as strymon. The competition is catching up.

 

[dfrattaroli]

No issues with Voodoo labs pedals. I even run 1 Spot daisy chains on 2 small boards and have no noise there either. Depends on the pedals and their draw sometimes.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Well, in the end I just went with the Voodoo. Like the flexibility, tried and tested, will see how it goes!

 

[shredhead7]

I have a 120 year old house, and even though I ran new circuits to my music room, I still have bad power. I have a one spot and a VL PowerPedal and in my situation, the one spot is better, lower noise.

 

[atrox]

The issue i have had with my Voodoo labs power is some pedals will react to the transformer if you put that pedal over the power supply. It's not a huge issue, until it is.

I currently use the Friedman power supply that has no transformer in it and it kinda rules.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

The issue i have had with my Voodoo labs power is some pedals will react to the transformer if you put that pedal over the power supply. It's not a huge issue, until it is.

I currently use the Friedman power supply that has no transformer in it and it kinda rules.

You mean if you put it on the underside of the pedalboard for example? I was gonna go Aetos walrus but I think the flexibility of being able to go 12 or 18v put the Voodoo ahead.

 

[errrrrl]

I was running into a similar issue awhile back and was rocking a 1spot CS12. I switched to Friedman powergrid 10's and it helped a bit. And I even strapped a pedal on the Friedman like what Atrox mentioned, no noise issues so far. Looking back I think the CS12 wasn't bad at all, it was mainly me being anal

 

[nevusofota]

VL’s have been in more touring rigs than anything else and I have never heard of anyone having issues with them. That’s good enough for me. I have a couple of them on various boards and they have always worked great and noise free. You can’t beat the used prices either. I’ve recently purchased a PP2+ for $90 and an ISO 5 for $60 off of eBay. They were both mint with all cables. Those deals come up often.

 

[ZEEGLER]

I'm using a 1 spot CS12 and my rig is dead quiet. No issues that affect how any of my pedals function whatsoever.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

My bbe started dying after ten years, (leaky cap) I saw a deal on t-rex goliath for $179 (sold out fast), grabbed it.

Showed up today. Thing is awesome so far.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

I got my Voodoo in yesterday. Nice solid piece of equipment and reading the manual, it really is well thought out. Not sure i will ever run anything other than at 9v (guess my pedals aren't fancy enough) but you never know.

How are you guys attaching yours? I am thinking good ol fashioned industrial velcro but it does make for some work to get it off if ever you want to move it around or flick the switches. I trust it won't fall off though. My other option is to use some small L brackets into the screws on the side. They seem to be made for mounting rails.

 

[Dopethrone]

I was running into a similar issue awhile back and was rocking a 1spot CS12. I switched to Friedman powergrid 10's and it helped a bit. And I even strapped a pedal on the Friedman like what Atrox mentioned, no noise issues so far. Looking back I think the CS12 wasn't bad at all, it was mainly me being anal

Now THAT...is how one "Dangles"