When designing the MC3 it became very apparent that extreme performance was not only down to circuit topology but requires that the power supply is totally resilient to all forms of mains borne disturbances, thus the PSU3 was born.

 

The PSU3 is based on a custom wound multi-tap toroidal transformer with an inbuilt bespoke board level mains filter with full DC blocking, this is no ordinary power supply. In order to maximise performance of the MC3 after rectification with optimized snubbers, to reduce noise, it uses a split rail design with cascaded super regulation stages,  this has the benefits of maximum rejection of RF noise, with the resultant maximum dynamic range and improved overload margin. It goes without saying that it uses a 1oz double sided gold plated, custom made PCB, a hallmark of all TALK products, with high quality low impedance power supply smoothing caps.

 

Connection to the MC3 is via a custom made fully screened 4 pole locking power DIN

 

Not just content with state of the art performance it also has a pretty face with a back lit blue logo and input/mode legends, also in blue, which turn green in mono mode. The backlit front panel is made from optical grade, scratch resistant hard acrylic, similar to that used for modern camera lenses. The brightness of the display can be adjusted or turned off using the internal user controls.

 

 

Status - full production

 

Specifications.

Output  ....................................................................................................................................+/-21vDC @1.5A

Dimensions WxHxL.................................................................................................175mm x 52.5mm x 160mm

Weight........................................................................................................................................................4.7kg

Power consumption (Max)...........................................................................................................................3.5W

 

Price MC3 & PSU3 together ..................................................................................................................£1495.90

 

 

E&OE specification subject to change