What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

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What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

Post by adamrobertt » Sun Aug 29, 2021 6:50 am

I'm in the market for a new power supply for my old-ass Pedaltrain Classic. I want one that can mount underneath with brackets. I assume the Pedal Power 2 still does this? I just checked and there seems to be a lot more options now than there were a few years ago.

I would like as many outputs as possible, 10 would be great. 9 V is fine, I don't really run anything at 18v and I have a separate brick for my 24 volt Memory Man.

What's good these days? How's the new TrueTone stuff compare?

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Re: What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

Post by fuzzjunkie » Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:34 am

I prefer the Cioks power supplies.

https://cioks.com/home-1/

They have several options and all are made to mount under pedal boards. Some fit better than others depending on board size.

I have been using an Eventide Powerfactor for a few years now, built by Cioks.

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Re: What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

Post by JSett » Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:13 am

I moved over to Cioks a few years back and now have them on everything. Used on tours and hundreds of rehearsals and countless home hours....never had a single issue.
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Re: What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

Post by marqueemoon » Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:21 am

Cioks user here too. They are nice.

That said the Classic is raised in the front, so no need for something super-slim.

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Post by natthu » Sun Aug 29, 2021 8:23 am

Cioks.... or the equivalent Eventide unit (made by Cioks)

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Re: What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

Post by stevejamsecono » Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:13 am

I've had two CIOCKS bricks and have been very happy with them thus.

Honestly shocked to see so many others on the train. They totally deserve it, but I didn't realize how they'd usurped the usual heavies (Voodoo Labs, Trex, etc)
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Post by cestlamort » Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:13 am

Recently switched to the Eventide/cioks and it does sound better. Kind of like getting your first real furniture after IKEA young adulthood.

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Post by smjenkins » Sun Aug 29, 2021 11:18 am

One more pile on for cioks. I might have a spot on their board at this point after all the flex cables I've bought.

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Re: What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

Post by Jaguar018 » Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:14 pm

cestlamort wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:13 am
Recently switched to the Eventide/cioks and it does sound better. Kind of like getting your first real furniture after IKEA young adulthood.
Not trying to sound like a twit when I ask : in what way does it sound better, and compared to what? :jacked:

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Post by jorri » Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:43 pm

Jaguar018 wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:14 pm
cestlamort wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:13 am
Recently switched to the Eventide/cioks and it does sound better. Kind of like getting your first real furniture after IKEA young adulthood.
Not trying to sound like a twit when I ask : in what way does it sound better, and compared to what? :jacked:
Its more like getting a fancy pencil rather than stealing the little ones from Ikea- its only a power supply.

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Re: What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

Post by tequila_in_teacups » Sun Aug 29, 2021 3:07 pm

I'm using the Warwick Power Block V10.

https://shop.warwick.de/en/guitar-and-b ... wer-supply

I'm only using 4 or 5 pedals on a small board, and this has outputs for twice that, so it's perhaps a little overkill. Main pro for me was the size. It's very compact and weighs nothing. I have it mounted underneath with some 3M picture frame hanging strips, which can hold a good few kg each, so they hold a <200g power supply super solid.

Not sure if you have any pedals with super high current draw. There's also a bigger V16 version if you need more mA.

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Re: What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

Post by timtam » Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:34 pm

It's always best to list all your existing (and planned) pedals' current draws (and the summed total draw) first when contemplating a new supply. And any voltages/polarities/AC that are not standard 9V / DC / negative tip. You could get lucky winging it on someone else's recommendation ... or you could make an expensive mistake. Although not all fully-isolated supplies are expensive these days.

With that information it's then easy to match one output on every supply you're considering to a particular pedal (eg in a spreadsheet).
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Post by UlricvonCatalyst » Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:25 pm

stevejamsecono wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:13 am
Honestly shocked to see so many others on the train. They totally deserve it, but I didn't realize how they'd usurped the usual heavies (Voodoo Labs, Trex, etc)
Me too. Spent a long time swithering over it and finally opted for a Cioks Schizophrenic. It does what you need it to do.

That said, if I thought I'd never need the big current potential I'd have gone with something rechargable, like a Volto.

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Re: What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

Post by cestlamort » Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:43 pm

jorri wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:43 pm
Jaguar018 wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:14 pm
cestlamort wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 9:13 am
Recently switched to the Eventide/cioks and it does sound better. Kind of like getting your first real furniture after IKEA young adulthood.
Not trying to sound like a twit when I ask : in what way does it sound better, and compared to what? :jacked:
Its more like getting a fancy pencil rather than stealing the little ones from Ikea- its only a power supply.
I’d been using one spot (or two) daisy chained for years and was pretty happy with it. But after switching to the Eventide, there was a noticeable drop in background noise (that I’d just assumed was always going to be there from using old pedals) and some pedals reacted positively to having higher voltage (diamond compressor). Not an earth shattering change or anything but I was surprised.

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Re: What's the best power supply for a Pedaltrain in 2021?

Post by jorri » Mon Aug 30, 2021 5:51 am

cestlamort wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:43 pm
jorri wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:43 pm
Jaguar018 wrote:
Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:14 pm


Not trying to sound like a twit when I ask : in what way does it sound better, and compared to what? :jacked:
Its more like getting a fancy pencil rather than stealing the little ones from Ikea- its only a power supply.
I’d been using one spot (or two) daisy chained for years and was pretty happy with it. But after switching to the Eventide, there was a noticeable drop in background noise (that I’d just assumed was always going to be there from using old pedals) and some pedals reacted positively to having higher voltage (diamond compressor). Not an earth shattering change or anything but I was surprised.
Sometimes isolated outs will reduce noise of course. If it were compared to Decibel11 or equivalent i wonder the difference though.
But ive had the Decibel11 hot stone hc for a while and never thought to change. I dont care toi much about noise but obviously convenience, wrong volts/amps, using 12v on a few that arent advertised to for headroom and when pedals should be isolated are enough for me and the Decibel11 was cheapest at the time.

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