Vitoos DC8 Power Supply

MattBanshee

I have the (yellow) Fame one and it is excellent, albeit quite big.

english_bob

So the general consensus is that the DC8 does what it says on the tin then?

My One Spot has been killing it for years, but the notorious M5 hums like a bastard on a daisy chain (fine with its own supply, but who does that?) so I'm going to need an isolated supply, ideally without spending a small fortune.

digitalscream

Yep, couldn't be happier with mine.

MattBanshee

english_bob said:

So the general consensus is that the DC8 does what it says on the tin then?

My One Spot has been killing it for years, but the notorious M5 hums like a bastard on a daisy chain (fine with its own supply, but who does that?) so I'm going to need an isolated supply, ideally without spending a small fortune.

Be aware that the M5 needs almost 500mA to itself. With my isolated yellow Fame, I had to use a Y-cable the two high-output sockets to get enough current to the M5.

MattBanshee

Ok, so having had a little read, I'm not sure that the advertised "isolated outputs" on the Vitoos DC8 is the same thing as isolated grounds.

digitalscream

MattBanshee said:

english_bob said:

So the general consensus is that the DC8 does what it says on the tin then?

My One Spot has been killing it for years, but the notorious M5 hums like a bastard on a daisy chain (fine with its own supply, but who does that?) so I'm going to need an isolated supply, ideally without spending a small fortune.

Be aware that the M5 needs almost 500mA to itself. With my isolated yellow Fame, I had to use a Y-cable the two high-output sockets to get enough current to the M5.

The DC8 has two fully-isolated 1000mA multi-voltage outputs - one of those will comfortably power the M5.

digitalscream

MattBanshee said:

Ok, so having had a little read, I'm not sure that the advertised "isolated outputs" on the Vitoos DC8 is the same thing as isolated grounds.

They work perfectly with the Eventide Time Factor, which has an even worse problem with common grounds than the M5.

english_bob

MattBanshee said:

Be aware that the M5 needs almost 500mA to itself. With my isolated yellow Fame, I had to use a Y-cable the two high-output sockets to get enough current to the M5.

Hmm. I wonder if the ISO 4 is more suitable- claims to have four isolated 9vDC @500mA feeds. Could daisy chain the rest of my pedals (all analogue except the Polytune mini) from the other two. 

Cabicular

MattBanshee said:

Ok, so having had a little read, I'm not sure that the advertised "isolated outputs" on the Vitoos DC8 is the same thing as isolated grounds.

Its fine. It even runs the notoriously tricky EHX pedals quietly 
the only problem I have had with one of mine is the wall wart adaptor died