Good and cheap power supply?

[krstko]

I'm looking for a cheap power supply for few pedals Is worth buying one of those ''huge powerplants'' like Voodoo lab (I would go for cheapest, so harley benton) or is 1 spot good enaugh? What's worth it's price?

[scottfeldstein]

I have a 1 Spot and I haven't had any problems with it so far. I twist-tied it up in my Pedal Train Mini. Pretty slick setup.

[MSUsousaphone]

Yeah...a surge protector at the back of my pedal board (for the 12v and 18v pedal wallys) and a one spot for the 9vs. I've never had a problem and I'm a little ***** about my clean sound.

[Savage_Dreams]

1 spot all the way

[buglen]

If you only need 9v DC for your power requirements, then the 1-Spot (or Godlyke Power All) should work fine. I recommend buying a second one for backup so you're not stranded at a show without power for your pedals.

[WhoSeyes]

I use the Harley Benton Powerplant you mentioned.

I bought it "knowing" that it was not the best option, but tempted by the price.

Surpisingly, its not noisy at all. In fact, the other day at our practise room I checked a new PEDALTRAIN my guitar player had bought (with power supply included) and it was noisy has hell, compared to my powerplant.

I was quite surprised. But happy.

[krstko]

I have only 9v pedals so I will probably just get a 1-spot cheap and good is what I need

[krstko]

Ok, is there a cheaper alternative to 1 spot? It's damn expensive, 30eur for 1 spot with 1 output and 25eur for split cable ..55eur?!!!

[scottfeldstein]

I paid $32 American for mine. And that was the "combo pack" with adapters and an eight-pedal cable.

[MSUsousaphone]

Yeah....that seems STEEP. Checked other stores/sites?

[Rob22315]

I got a Danelectro DA-1 9v wallwart for $5 not including shipping. It's quiet enough to power the preamp in my activebasses and should have enough oomph for 3-4 normal pedals. It didn't come with any patch cables. It was on sale at MF or M123 at the time so it may be a little more now. You can get one through GC clearance for $7. The Danelectro daisy chain cable (DA-5) is $8 at GC.

I tried a few others with varying degress of success. A behringer wall wart introduced so much noise the signal was unuseable. My T-rex Jr did well with an opamp-based pre but causes a little noise in the JFET-based pre I custom built for one of my basses. The Danelectros have done reasonably well with both and are cheap.

I haven't tried the onespot. Note that any supply which would work with an on-board pre should do fine with pedals. Pedals have more room for power supply filtering and usually have more opamps which are less susceptible to power supply noise.

[Savage_Dreams]

Originally Posted by krstko

Ok, is there a cheaper alternative to 1 spot? It's damn expensive, 30eur for 1 spot with 1 output and 25eur for split cable ..55eur?!!!

didnt think about you being in another country. in the US the one spot is one of the best and cheap power supplies. i guess the difference in what you need where ever you are makes it more expensive.

[krstko]

Well there are many cheaper versions here, but I'm afraid of hum :/

[fettbass]

I use the carl martin pro power, and it's pretty fantastic. Has 8 outputs, each switchable from 9-12 v, all isolated, 6 of them do 150 ma, 2 of them do 350 ma. Plus it's a little cheaper than a voodoo labs pp2. No hum or noise whatsoever.