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Oh, sorry. I have a mix of patch cables now. Some thin cheapies, some Mogami, and some Planet Waves. I think I'm set in that department at the moment.
I've had decent luck with the MXR ISO-Bricks. I didn't have any issue powering the H9s with them. Cheap too and easy to find. The downside is the cheap wall wart that powers them.
I had a Strymon Ojai and it's a fantastic little unit. The Zuma would probably be your best bet. They're pretty small too, relative to the power output.
The Strymon stuff may be your best option. I've got a Zuma under my board and I'm happy with it.
+1 for the strymon stuff. I've just acquired an Ojai myself and am powering my entire main board off of it. Really well made and reliable, plus it looks great. Another Ojai or even a Zuma may be on the horizon soon.
Just get three of the cheap ones off amazon itl be fine and cheap. I use them after having used the expensive stuff, particularly pedal power. They're not actually isolated but more so than a daisy chain. The ma regulation for each output leaves no ringing like a daisy chain. and those high ma and 12v ones will be covered.
I don't think the expensive ones are worth it, many many people surely disagree.
I don't think the expensive ones are worth it, many many people surely disagree.
My Zuma lets me power my Cali76-C at 18v and has more than enough at each outlet for basically any pedal besides a Markbass Compressore the ability to chain Ojai'a to it and use one wall plug is a huge plus as well if you have more than 9 pedals and don't want to daisy chain.
The fact the strymon units can be chained together off of a single power plug is a huge plus. Makes for a nice, neat, expandable system.
Like most of these threads, the increase in price from a one spot isn't worth it until you're humming up a storm during an acoustic ballad.
I have about 8 pedals on my bass board, 12 on my guitar board, and 6 on my one man band looping board. With that many pedals, 1spots will ring and ring and ring like a torture room.
https://www.amazon.com/Caline-Guita...1505225244&sr=8-9&keywords=pedal+power+supply
I use these or one of the many different variations and they work fine, not a peep, I have 4 of them. I'm of the opinion that a $175+ way to give 9v/12v to 5 pedals is just not worth it.
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100% agree. If you happen to be running more than 10 pedals however, you start paying for the convenience of using a singular unit as opposed to multiple units and potential current/voltage doubling. For reference, I use a decibel 11 hot stone which i think was 120 off amazon to power 10 pedals, one of which needs >400 mA.
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Thanks. I'd be happy to get an ISO-Brick but I didn't think it'd work with my 12v TCE pedal. Maybe that one needs to be replaced. It's complicating things.
That looks like a sweet unit for sure. Kind if a middle ground between how I roll on the cheap and the really good stuff. Can you use both the 9v and 12v that are together as long as the ma is covered?
you've got some nice pedals = don't skimp on clean quiet power .. !
I couldn't agree more. So many will happily spend a couple hundred £'s or $'s on a pedal but won't entertain the idea of spending anywhere near that on powering them cleanly.
Having said that though, plenty of pedals run just fine on a simple daisy chain. I personally run a combination of isolated and chained lines coming from my Strymon Ojai. The well behaved pedals are on daisy chains from a couple of the 500mA outputs and anything more fussy or power-hungry like my wireless system goes on its own output.
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