Which PS? MXR, Voodoo, Gator, or what?

[XLunacy]

Cioks ! It's the price to pay for peace of mind, knowing it will reliably and silently power about anything you ask it to.
And they have such a great power to volume (as in "space" volume) ratio, especially the latest ones.

 

[SLO Surfer]

Truetone CS12 was worth every penny for me.

 

[fivestringgecko]

Strymon

I've got a Strymon Zuma/Ojai combo and love it! It fits under my pedalboard with room to spare, has a couple of selectable voltage outlets, and has never created a noise problem.

I keep reading good things about Cioks also, but I avoided them since their cables use different connectors and I'd dread having one go bad or losing one at a gig and not being able to borrow one from someone else.

I also went with Strymon, I've got a Zuma that has been able to power anything I can throw at it, including an HX Stomp (with a Voodoo Labs HX Current Doubler Cable), and the selectable outlets are great for just throwing on an 18V pedal now and then (or an oddball 12V tube pedal). Also mounted under my board, no noise problems. And because it has standard power cables like @Jefus mentioned, you can use the included power cables, but I've also used it with the extension of a 1-Spot supply so that one outlet can power multiple pedals. Worth every penny for the flexibility and clean power.

5sg.

 

[voodoobassist]

Sweetfoot is a very reasonably priced and fully customizable option. You can find them on Reverb. I've been using one for about 1.5 years now and super happy with it. Welcome to Sweet Foot Pedals - The World’s Finest Power Supplies and Switches

 

[VoodooJazz]

I’ve had a Truetone CS-7 for a long time, and it’s been a solid performer for me. Earlier this summer, I picked up a Cioks DC-7, based on comments in threads here on TB. Man, that thing is over-the-top great!

 

[poropara]

Cioks DC7 hands down, you can even expand from there via connecting from DC7.

 

[2112]

Right now I'm using Cioks, been great so far... but I'd be good with any of Cioks, Voodoo, Strymon, MXR. Most users will be just fine with any of them. However, electricity's funny and sometimes certain setups just cause noise... and you wouldn't necessarily know until you lashed them all together. Frustrating, but way she goes.

The idea of the Cioks linking system seems interesting, but I prefer to expand using two parallel PSUs... so I have some redundancy built-in to address failures. I'm not necessarily thrilled with the RCA power cables, but I do carry plenty of spares as someone mentioned above. I *do* like their low-profile form factors.

 

[prowla]

You know when you start plugging pedals into you PSU: this one's 9V 100 mA, that one's 400 mA, this one's 12V, ..., oh, I've used all of the 9V outlets but there's a 12V one, maybe I could get some sort of scale-down addon to make it 9V.
Alternatively, the CIOKS DC7 has 7 outputs all of which are switchable 9/12/15/18V; plus it's got a USB if you need it and also an extension out to daisy-chain a supplementary box off.

 

[ComicBass]

Ok, I discovered that my crappy power supply (Donner, sorry…) was causing some real noise. So now I want something worthwhile. At this point, the MXR Iso-Brick looks pretty good for $150. Are they good?

Do I need to look at Voodoo Lab, or Gator? Cioks for crying out loud?

I just want noiseless power.

I have 2 power supplies that both have worked flawlessly for me.
Voodoo Labs
Walrus Audio

That said I have heard good things about others too.
Sorry I can't be more help

 

[Kipp Harrington]

Voodoo Labs ISO 5 here. I've used it for years with absolutely no issues. Dead quiet also. Highly recommended.

 

[Sushi Box FX]

Another vote for Cioks. I have a lot of high-current pedals on my board, and I have a DC7 linked with a 4 both mounted neatly to the bottom of my board.

The TrueTone CS stuff is great as well, no complaints about those, but Cioks is my favorite.

 

[logdrum]

I have a Voodo iso 5 I got 6-7 years ago. Not enough 9v higher than 100 mA. So I got me one of those made in China deals Hiree from Amazon. Just plastic construction and has not failed me yet. Since 2018.

 

[n!k]

I've used tons of different things over the years then I went Strymon and never looked back. Every outlet is 500mA which means more than enough for your power hogs and more than enough to daisy chain some low draw pedals into one. I run 11 pedals off a single Zuma R300 that has only 5 outputs and I get no noise. My Morley wah gets its own connection (300mA draw) and I have a tuner, Steel Leather, blender, compressor in another single outlet with mA to spare.

 

[Aloe]

MXR is kinda okay. I owned three (the ISO brick and two mini ISO bricks, out of which one was promptly returned) and every of them had or developed a problem. one had a weak connection on the input power (tended to disconnect), on other one a couple of LEDs went bad in a year, the third one buzzes (not in the amp, acoustically) when a 9/18v output is switched to 9v.

this said, I still own and use one of them. owned an Ojai and it was great, except for the bulky power supply (and being slightly less compact than the mini ISO brick), I think, when my MXR will be dead some day, I'll pick an Ojai again. or try a Cioks, as everything I heard about them was 'just great'.

also owned a Pedaltrain Spark. twice. and no complains except of modest output complained to MXR or Ojai.

these are all isolated power supplies (but MXR also makes a non-isolated one). you want an isolated one to actually improve noise. sometimes manufacturers state 'isolated' on non-isolated power supplies and that's why I prefer to stick to the well-known and respected brands. also taking a cheaper power supply could cost you your pedals.

TLDR: get Strymon or Cioks. it's worth it.

 

[mike buzzetti]

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[N4860]

Cioks. I had the voodoo pp+2 and it is good but if you end up getting any digital pedals that draw more power you'll wish you had the cioks

 

[bass-shy]

Over the last couple years, I have significantly increased the number of pedals and pedal boards that I use for different projects. I play bass, electric guitar and acoustic guitar and I have pedal boards for each of my rigs. In total, I have five.

I went all in with Voodoo Lab. Two of my bigger boards (Pedaltrain PT-1) have a Pedal Power 3+ and an X4 powered from one of the dedicated expansion ports. (Each PP3+ has two expansion ports for adding extra power supplies while only running one power cable to the board.)

Two more of my boards are Pedaltrain Nano + and each of those has a Voodoo Lab x4 underneath. I daisy chained a couple low-draw, analog pedals from one of the outputs on each of them.

The last one is a DIY board I put together for direct recording and silent practice with my bass. That one has a Voodoo Lab x8 under it.

Every one of the Voodoo Lab power supplies I have has worked flawlessly and they are all dead silent. As a comparison, I went through two separate Walrus Audio Phoenix power supplies and both of them became noisy and unreliable within a few days of getting them.

 

[Hummergeist]

I'm using the Cioks DC4 standalone version to power one 12v pedal and three 9v pedals and it's working great. Silent and fits nice under the pedalboard. I've also used it with the supplied daisy chain cable to power a few extra 9vs.

 

[Maxi Funkl]

I like you bought a cheaper Amazon brand PS Vangoa VS10. While it hasn't given me any reason to have concerns but just knowing it's most likely not truly isolated is considering. I have quickly gathered some great pedals that I want optimum performance from so I'm upgrading to a Cioks Superpower Bundle (DC7 & 8 expander). This will give me all the power I need to grow with and not be worried about any power issues. My board already has 8 pedals 1 being repaired and a another on the way so I'll be up to 10 shortly. and 2 more i want before I chill out and see what I like about what I already have or dislike lol

 

[Matt Dean]

Another vote for Voodoo Labs, Cioks and Strymon.