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All I’m saying is EHX could be a little more aware of the “standards”. Yeah I know there’s no official standard or anything, but most pedals do use 9VDC, or even if they are 12V, they draw less than 500mA. 1000mA is A LOT of current for a pedal, even with tubes that are taking only up to 300mA…200mA should be more than plenty for the rest of the circuit.
Another example is the big muff using a positive tip adapter instead of the regular negative tip one…even though they could have easily used the negative tip one, all it takes is flipping the positive and ground connections to the socket. So when I got my big muff, I (and i’m sure many other people) then had to go out and get an EHX adapter for it instead of being able to use any of the 5 normal adapters I had on hand. So if you guys can’t see why some “design” decisions are driven by business incentives, then that’s your choice. But the choice of using a positive tip vs. the majority negative tip is arbitrary, EHX could’ve again made it easier for everyone. Again, I love EHX pedals, but I also question some of their choices, as I would with any company.
Anyways, this is getting way off topic, so I’m going to leave it at that. Best of luck to you guys!
asaphelpsParticipantI agree, but both of these power supplies power 99% of pedals out there. 12AX7 tubes take between 150-300mA to power depending on how they are wired. Requiring an extra 700mA of current draw is kinda nuts, the rest of the circuit could stand to me a bit more efficient.
And a lot of pedal builders do in fact build their pedals with power supplies in mind, since ease and usability is a huge factor into what makes it onto a pedal board. Zach Vex of Zvex, for example, makes it a point to build his pedals to be extremely efficient with very low power draw.
asaphelpsParticipantI think the Voodoo Pedal Power 2 should be able to handle it, but ONLY from the Auxiliary AC outlet on it, not from any of the output ports. EHX should really take these issues into considerations when designing their pedals.
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