Description
Other Features
Casing Extruded, 5mm-thick aluminium casing body. Thick metal top and bottom plates provide an ultra-rigid casing that guards against the sound-degrading effects of mechanical vibrations and protects the transformer from external damage.
Premium Components Selected premium components including ultra-low-impedance capacitors, high-current connectors and high-purity copper cables.
Stack Combinations
– Stackable AC power conditioner and DC power supply save space for equipment and cabling. Only one AC power cord is required to power the whole stack. This results in better sound due to neater setup and simpler cable routing.
– Optimized system grounding with balanced AC power transformers. Eliminate ground loop currents, loop area and noise from the power supply. Reduces hum and hiss from the system. Increases system resolution naturally.
Collin Bruce (Elite BDC 5Vdc 2Amps for Chord Qutest DAC). –
I’ve been listening to the Plixir Elite BDC powering my Chord Qutest since Wed at noon (my time).
If anything, you have undersold the improvement this brings to one’s system! Wow!
* Deeper, wider, and taller sound stage. A more cohesive sound stage, as well.
* Spatial resolution is heightened, with more clearly delineated musicians present in the soundstage. But in an incredibly natural way.
* Low level detail retrieval is now outstanding, but without sounding analytical or dry.
* Tone color and tambre are vivid and also nuanced.
* The noise floor is, as you stated, so low that it appears to simply not exist; music just emanates from the blackness. And, I suspect as a direct result of that, the sense of scale and envelopment is vastly enhanced.
* Bass dynamics, texture, and overall information is increased. But also better control and nuance.
I have owned my Qutest for over a year and yet feel like I am just now hearing it for the first time.
I’m taken aback that a power supply could make these obvious, stark differences possible. And I was already using an Allo Shanti! The above observations are compared to that… and the Shanti is clearly better than the stock SMPS from Chord!!
Well, thank you very much for designing this. My musical enjoyment has increased greatly!
Anyways, thank you very much, James! You clearly know what you are doing.
-Collin Bruce (Elite BDC 5Vdc 2Amps for Chord Qutest DAC).
WOLFGANG KEMPER AND DIRK SOMMER, HiFi Statement, May 3, 2022 –
The Plixir Elite BDC linear power supply, in the simple as well as in the version with two outputs, is an ideally suited power source for moving digital and even more analog devices to musical heights. This already applies in connection with the standard DC cable, the Statement DC may be a little better. For me, the Plixir Elite BDC has the best value for money of all the linear power supplies I know of. WOLFGANG KEMPER AND DIRK SOMMER, HiFi Statement, May 3, 2022
Jesse Myers, Audiophile Consumer, Jan 2022. –
Hi Bob. The sound has started to open up after being on for a few days and it really is fantastic. The Plixir BDC Linear Power Supply improves detail, dynamics, and pretty much everything without adding coloration. Jesse Myers, Audiophile Consumer, Jan 2022.
Eric Pai, Audiophile Consumer, Dec 2021 –
“The PLiXiR Elite BDC Linear Power Supply arrived earlier today, way earlier than expected! At first listen running cold/brand new it did sound a bit fatiguing, but that quickly went away with about a couple hours of burning it in (new components in general sound kinda fatiguing from my experience), and since I’ve been floored. Out came the most punchy/slammy bass I’ve ever heard; the soundstage was enveloping, dimensioned, and deep; resolution and transient speed went up noticeably; the overall sound full bodied, balanced, extremely transparent. The background got noticeably blacker, which I could notice by extended decays and more harmonic color/details. Also absolutely no issue driving the Andix, it’s been running for hours and no signs of slowing down/running out. The thing is also extremely solid and dense and built like a tank. I was kinda nervous spending $1000+ for a power supply, but I can comfortably say the sound quality boost was worth $1000, as it transformed my $1k amplifier to at least $2.5k+ performance levels haha. Thank you, and feel free to send my kind regards to James! Eric Pai, Audiophile Consumer, Dec 2021
Eric Teh, Stereonet Magazine Aug 2021 –
“The PLiXiR Power Elite BDC Linear Power Supply is a quality power supply that provides an instant uplift to your system’s capabilities without heavy-handed alteration of its tone. From a performance perspective, it manages to stand out from the crowd with distinction. Pricing is more than fair and well-worth the investment, in my view. Eric Teh, Stereonet Aug 2021
Kenny Kim Feb 2020 –
Received the Elite BDC and just plugged it into the PF USB card replacing my PPA LPs. My goodness, right off the bat it’s scary good. Can’t imagine what it’d be like after breaking in. Very clean sounding, but so are most of the half-decent linear power supplies out there. But the Elite is a different kind of clean; very luxurious sounding transparency and crispness that is natural, true and comfortable sounding. Will follow up once it’s fully settled.
Thanks again,
Kenny Kim Feb 2020
NB from UK. Jan 2020 –
“Having taken the plunge and committed to adding the Plixir Elite BDC linear power supply upgrade to my Melco N1A MkI. I am delighted with the results. The internal modification itself is very straightforward and can be completed in less than 30 mins. From a performance perspective there has been a clear improvement in clarity, energy and coherence. I find myself listening to music more often having upgraded to a linear power supply. Other Plixir products are on the cards…..”
NB from UK.
Jan 2020