SSD for the Nucleus and how to rip CDs for it

Need it? Nope. If you have bad power to your house, then a line conditioner would make more sense.

Some believe that a Linear Power Supply will provide better power and thus better sound, than using a switching Power Supply. For a computer that is not doing digital to analog conversion internally, which is what a Nucleus is, I don’t hear the difference. But, as long as you get a good properly rated supply, the only thing you’ll hurt is your pocket book to try it out.

However, keep in mind that even if you put a LPS with a Nucleus:

And, as someone else pointed out in the same thread, it makes more sense to make changes at the source rather than have LPS’s all around. See:

The thread to discuss Nucleus and Power Supplies is here:

Best linear power supply for Nucleus now?,

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