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Siegfried Meier

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Hey all! Anyone know anything about these? Looking to get one for our TAC Magnum. Mostly interested in no fan, less heat, less power consumption compared to the original (but fully rebuilt by GRS a few years back) linear supply it came with.

Thx!
Sig
 
I bought a Blue Dog supply when I picked up an Allen & Heath System 8 some years ago (£50 attic find on eBay!). I never opened the PSU up or tested it in detail, but the voltages were spot on and the desk ran well on it for the few years I had it.

Hope that helps.
 
I bought a Blue Dog supply when I picked up an Allen & Heath System 8 some years ago (£50 attic find on eBay!). I never opened the PSU up or tested it in detail, but the voltages were spot on and the desk ran well on it for the few years I had it.

Hope that helps.
Great to know! I know that the current Audient consoles run on switching supplies, and Atomic has been making switching supplies for SSL’s for a few years now but it’s still new to me…I still recall all the older techs telling me these supplies were crap and not suitable for console or audio use, but times change…
 
Smpsu’s are the future today. The problem isn’t the smpsu itself. The problem is they require good filtering on the back end to take out the switchmode noise. I currently work with a company that uses switch mode for consoles and in the past worked for a company making consoles that used switch mode. The tech has come a long way, you will be ok. I don’t know blue dog specifically but have heard good things.
 
This is my experince
Tom have buit for me a Blue Dog for Amek M2500 ( the first for this console)
Great comunication, great price and work perfectly for me.
No noise ,no fan, less consumption.
Thanks Tom -Blue Dog !!!
 
Small correction, you mean Tim at Blue Dog!
As Pucho 812 corectly comments a modern switching module itself isn't a problem for a 'raw' DC BUT noise in the form of hetrodyne whistles in the audio range CAN be an issue. Whether it is a problem for any specific piece of gear will depend on many factors such as the internal wiring layout inside the gear, whether it has some filtering that is still working (not aging electrolytics) and where 'noises' may cross into audio paths. The issue was discussed in 'Studio Sound' magazine about 30 years ago when a hire company using several desks previously using linear supplies plugged in a 'new' switcher and discovered increased HF distortion on audio outputs. As that particular desk design had provisions for 'hot standby connection of supplies tests were carried out by comparing the situation when the desks were running oNLY on the linear and then by powering up the switcher (no break) then turning OFF the linear the change in performance was measured. By strange coincidence I actually worked with the engineer (specialist) who created a suitable filter network to remedy the issue.
Using latest 'switchers' that have Power Factor Correction is GOOD for power wastage BUT the 'noise' on their outputs is a complicated cacophony as PFC operation is effectively a switcher running directly into the main switcher and you have to consider filtering of all connections into and out of the switcher module. Something RF designers have been doing for many years of course but in the context of preventing RF oscillators 'leaking' into sensitive bits of circuitry. I talk with Tim (Blue Dog) regularly and have one of his units in my 'kennel'.
 
Small correction, you mean Tim at Blue Dog!
As Pucho 812 corectly comments a modern switching module itself isn't a problem for a 'raw' DC BUT noise in the form of hetrodyne whistles in the audio range CAN be an issue. Whether it is a problem for any specific piece of gear will depend on many factors such as the internal wiring layout inside the gear, whether it has some filtering that is still working (not aging electrolytics) and where 'noises' may cross into audio paths. The issue was discussed in 'Studio Sound' magazine about 30 years ago when a hire company using several desks previously using linear supplies plugged in a 'new' switcher and discovered increased HF distortion on audio outputs. As that particular desk design had provisions for 'hot standby connection of supplies tests were carried out by comparing the situation when the desks were running oNLY on the linear and then by powering up the switcher (no break) then turning OFF the linear the change in performance was measured. By strange coincidence I actually worked with the engineer (specialist) who created a suitable filter network to remedy the issue.
Using latest 'switchers' that have Power Factor Correction is GOOD for power wastage BUT the 'noise' on their outputs is a complicated cacophony as PFC operation is effectively a switcher running directly into the main switcher and you have to consider filtering of all connections into and out of the switcher module. Something RF designers have been doing for many years of course but in the context of preventing RF oscillators 'leaking' into sensitive bits of circuitry. I talk with Tim (Blue Dog) regularly and have one of his units in my 'kennel'.
Great to hear Matt! I’ve got one on order for our 26 channel TAC Magnum now! Thx again.
 

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