Power supply recommendations

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Elktronics

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I am looking to pick up a new power supply for my pedal board, but I’m on a somewhat tight budget. Currently I am using a couple of onespots, which work great, but my new board doesn’t have a ton of clearance for a power strip and the suppluse to run under the board.

i am running the following pedals:

EHX Mel 9 ( has its own power supply, but would like to run from the same supply as everything else)
Compressor
Son of Ben preamp
Mostortion clone
Friedman Clone
Line 6 Tone core delay
Line 6 verbzilla
deflector reverb
Two notes cab m (has own 12v supply but would like to run from the same supply if possible)

I have been looking at the Walrus audio Aetos, but would prefer to spend a little less. Although it does have an ac pass through so I could run a small power strip from it.

If anyone has any input I’d be most appreciative. I’ve been looking at some of the budget ones on Amazon. A lot of them say they are isolated, but I get the feeling they really aren’t.

Thanks,
 
I've been using the cs7 for about 4 years and it's been perfect. It might be too tall to fit under your board but in terms of performance, it's been flawless.
 
Thank you! I have 2.5 inches of clearance at the back of the board so can fit most every commercially available power supply, except the ones I already own
 
Elktronics said:
Thank you! I have 2.5 inches of clearance at the back of the board so can fit most every commercially available power supply, except the ones I already own
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Could you just raise the board by half an inch or so? Get some rubber feet and you're away.
 
BurntFingers said:
Could you just raise the board by half an inch or so? Get some rubber feet and you're away.
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Already has rubber feet on it. I suppose I could get bigger ones. I may be able to get a thinner power strip and save myself 1/4 of an inch. Everything would just fit, but I’m still essentially stuck using 4 wall warts.

none of the power supplies I’ve found offer 12v at the right amperage to run my cab simulator, so if I rule that out, I can look for just 9 volt supplies.
 
I picked up a couple of these to try last year, still haven't gotten to them yet

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Elktronics said:
I am looking to pick up a new power supply for my pedal board, but I’m on a somewhat tight budget. Currently I am using a couple of onespots, which work great, but my new board doesn’t have a ton of clearance for a power strip and the suppluse to run under the board.

i am running the following pedals:

EHX Mel 9 ( has its own power supply, but would like to run from the same supply as everything else)
Compressor
Son of Ben preamp
Mostortion clone
Friedman Clone
Line 6 Tone core delay
Line 6 verbzilla
deflector reverb
Two notes cab m (has own 12v supply but would like to run from the same supply if possible)

I have been looking at the Walrus audio Aetos, but would prefer to spend a little less. Although it does have an ac pass through so I could run a small power strip from it.

If anyone has any input I’d be most appreciative. I’ve been looking at some of the budget ones on Amazon. A lot of them say they are isolated, but I get the feeling they really aren’t.

Thanks,
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Hey i don't own these, but Sweetwater just started carrying the Cioks power supplies. I've been wanting the DC-7 or DC-10 for a while. I was going to buy an Effectrode Blackbird Tube pedal (before I came across this site), and it needed 1000mA. The Cioks DC-7 can do it easy. Seems quality and true isolated. Dutch company I think. Check out the youtube demos. Its very versatile.
 
mjh36 said:
Hey i don't own these, but Sweetwater just started carrying the Cioks power supplies. I've been wanting the DC-7 or DC-10 for a while. I was going to buy an Effectrode Blackbird Tube pedal (before I came across this site), and it needed 1000mA. The Cioks DC-7 can do it easy. Seems quality and true isolated. Dutch company I think. Check out the youtube demos. Its very versatile.
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The DC7 or DC8 would work, but it’s about $100 over my meager budget. If I can find a used one I might be able to swing it.
 
I have the Truetone CS6, and it's great. With 3 "Y" splitters (truetone MC2), you'd be good to go for 9 pedals. There's a 12v @200mA so you'd be good for your cab sim.
It's really low profile (I have it under a pedal train metro board), and works great. Even with the adapters, it would be around 110-120$ cheaper ;)
 
Oh! I didn’t know the cables could split and power two pedals. That’s very useful. Thank you!
Although the cab sim needs 12v/300mA, so it wouldn’t quite power that one.
 
SYLV9ST9R said:
Yes, the splitter cables work well, even if you have hungrier pedals, you can use the 2 x 500 mA output to split.
I suggested the CS6 because it does say 200 mA on their site : https://www.two-notes.com/torpedo-cab-m
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Ah! That’s the newer model. Mine is the older cab modeler with the footswitches. I would like to upgrade to this version, as it has a preamp now too. Mine is missing that function, and I don’t think it will run the latest update
 
I just read that the 200mA output of the CS7 can supply 300mA just fine provided that the total output of the pedal doesn’t exceed 1900mA. I think we might have a winner!
 
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