Awesome power supply for peanuts

LaceSensor · Post by **LaceSensor** » 08 Jul 2011, 20:38

This I think has been discussed before but they are back in stock. Mine just shipped.
Anyone in Europe would be mad to pass this up I reckon. Its basically a VL pp2 for £50
Isolated power supply, numerous features

http://www.musicstore.com/en_EN/EUR/Gui ... 019066-000

No affiliation, just passing on the info.

jtn191 · Post by **jtn191** » 08 Jul 2011, 21:44

any equivalent deal in US? I'm in the market for a new PS...

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » 16 Oct 2011, 23:16

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_powerplant.htm

I have one of these (looks remarkably similar) - it's very good - Europe again, I'm afraid.

frequencycentral · Post by **frequencycentral** » 16 Oct 2011, 23:59

scuzzphut wrote:http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_powerplant.htm

I have one of these (looks remarkably similar) - it's very good - Europe again, I'm afraid.

Looks to be excellent value - I'm gonna pull the trigger on that one, thanks.

JudgeMingus · Post by **JudgeMingus** » 17 Oct 2011, 01:56

The Harley Benton doesn't seem to have isolated outputs for the 9v though - assuming that is an important consideration for you!

gght · Post by **gght** » 18 Oct 2011, 00:56

On eBay in the US $125 with shipping

JudgeMingus · Post by **JudgeMingus** » 15 Mar 2012, 05:10

Well, I ended up getting the Fame DCT-200 from Musicstore.com myself.
Apart from the fuss I ended up dealing with regarding international bank transfers (my bank here in Australia defaulted to a transaction type that, along with my unfamiliarity with international bank transfers, created unnecessary confusion about some of the transfer fees!) I am very happy with the purchase.
In fact, I was very impressed with Musicstore.com - when the situation became clear about what had happened with the transfer fees they very kindly carried the cost of the extra fees themselves!

The Fame unit itslef has isolated outputs and separate voltage selection for each output.
It is very quiet and very versatile too.

Unfortunately, I can't find it on the musicstore.com site any longer - I'm not sure if they are just out of stock or if they no longer carry them...

Seiche · Post by **Seiche** » 17 Mar 2012, 03:07

JudgeMingus wrote:Well, I ended up getting the Fame DCT-200 from Musicstore.com myself.
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Unfortunately, I can't find it on the musicstore.com site any longer - I'm not sure if they are just out of stock or if they no longer carry them...

when did you buy yours? I've got the feeling they are discontinued, which sucks because there is no alternative.

JudgeMingus · Post by **JudgeMingus** » 19 Mar 2012, 23:25

I think I placed the order in December.

If they are discontinued, that is a shame, as it seems to be really good for the price.

If you want to build something equivalent and you are comfortable working with mains power, R.G. Keen has an article on building a multi-isolated-output power supply (which I was planning to do before I saw the Fame power supply):
http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/Spyder/spyder.htm

Note that the link to the Weber transformers page in the article is out of date - it can currently be found here: http://taweber.powweb.com/store/magnetic.htm
There are both 120V and international multi voltage versions of the Weber multi-winding transformer available.