NORDOST QSOURCE LINEAR POWER SUPPLY

The Nordost QSOURCE Linear Power Supply is a high-quality, precision-engineered power supply designed to provide clean, stable, and low-noise DC power to audio components and accessories. As part of Nordost’s QRT range, the QSOURCE is built to enhance the performance of your high-end audio system by replacing standard switching power supplies with a linear alternative that significantly reduces noise and interference. This upgrade leads to improved clarity, detail, and overall musicality, making it an essential addition for audiophiles who demand the highest level of performance from their audio equipment.

Overview

Many audio components, especially network switches, DACs, phono stages, and streaming devices, are often powered by switching power supplies that can introduce noise and interference into the audio signal path. The Nordost QSOURCE Linear Power Supply addresses this issue by delivering a pure and stable DC power output, free from the high-frequency noise and fluctuations commonly associated with switching power supplies. This results in a cleaner, more accurate signal and a noticeable improvement in sound quality.

Key Features

• Ultra-Low Noise Design: The QSOURCE is engineered to deliver an exceptionally low-noise DC power supply, ensuring that your audio components receive a clean, stable, and interference-free power source. This helps to eliminate unwanted noise and distortion, leading to a more refined and detailed sound.
• Multiple Voltage Outputs: The QSOURCE offers six user-selectable DC voltage outputs (5V, 7V, 9V, 12V, 19V, and 24V), making it compatible with a wide range of audio components and accessories. This flexibility allows you to power various devices with a single QSOURCE unit, simplifying your setup and reducing the need for multiple power supplies.
• Five DC Output Ports: The QSOURCE features five isolated DC output ports, allowing you to power up to five separate audio devices simultaneously. Each output is designed to deliver a consistent and stable power supply, ensuring optimal performance for all connected components.
• High-Quality Construction: The QSOURCE is built with premium-grade components and features a solid aluminum chassis, providing excellent shielding against electromagnetic interference (EMI) and minimizing vibrations. This construction ensures durability and long-term reliability.
• Integration with QRT Products: The QSOURCE is designed to work seamlessly with other Nordost QRT products, such as the QNET Network Switch, QPOINT Resonance Synchronizer, and more, allowing you to create a comprehensive power management and optimization solution for your entire audio system.

Benefits of the Nordost QSOURCE Linear Power Supply

• Enhanced Sound Quality: By providing a clean, stable, and low-noise DC power supply, the QSOURCE allows your audio components to perform at their best, resulting in improved clarity, detail, soundstage, and dynamic range.
• Reduced Noise and Interference: The QSOURCE eliminates the noise and interference typically introduced by switching power supplies, allowing you to enjoy a more transparent and lifelike listening experience.
• Versatile Compatibility: With multiple selectable voltage outputs and five DC output ports, the QSOURCE is a versatile solution that can power a wide variety of audio components, making it an efficient and cost-effective addition to your system.

Ideal Use Cases

• High-End Audio Systems: Audiophiles looking to maximize the performance of their high-fidelity audio systems will benefit from the QSOURCE’s ability to provide clean and stable power, leading to a significant improvement in sound quality.
• Network Streaming Systems: The QSOURCE is ideal for powering network switches, such as the Nordost QNET, as well as streaming devices, DACs, and network players, ensuring that the digital signal remains as clean and accurate as possible.
• Turntables and Phono Stages: For analog enthusiasts, the QSOURCE offers a low-noise power supply that can enhance the performance of turntables, phono stages, and other sensitive analog components.

How to Integrate the QSOURCE into Your System

1. Select the appropriate voltage output for each device you wish to power. The QSOURCE features a dial that allows you to select the correct voltage for each output.
2. Connect your audio components to the QSOURCE using high-quality DC cables. Nordost provides QSOURCE DC Cables that are designed for optimal performance and compatibility.
3. Position the QSOURCE in your audio setup to minimize interference and ensure easy access to the power outputs.
4. Combine with other Nordost QRT products, such as the QNET Network Switch or QPOINT Resonance Synchronizer, to create a complete power management solution that maximizes the performance of your audio system.

Who Should Consider the Nordost QSOURCE Linear Power Supply?

The QSOURCE is ideal for:

• Audiophiles who want to eliminate noise and interference from their power supply, ensuring that their audio components receive the cleanest and most stable power possible.
• Home Theater Enthusiasts looking to improve the performance of network switches, streaming devices, and other components within their AV setup.
• Professionals in recording studios or audio production who require a reliable, low-noise power supply for critical audio equipment.

Comparison with Standard Switching Power Supplies

• Cleaner Power Delivery: Unlike standard switching power supplies that generate high-frequency noise, the QSOURCE offers ultra-low noise and interference-free power, resulting in significantly improved audio performance.
• Greater Stability: The QSOURCE provides a more consistent and stable DC power output, which helps prevent fluctuations and ensures that your audio components operate at peak performance.

Technical Specifications

• Voltage Outputs: User-selectable voltage settings (5V, 7V, 9V, 12V, 19V, 24V)
• DC Output Ports: 5 isolated ports for powering multiple devices simultaneously
• Power Source: High-quality internal components to ensure low noise and interference
• Chassis: Solid aluminum chassis for protection against EMI and vibrations
• Dimensions: Compact design, suitable for integration into any high-end audio setup

The Nordost QSOURCE Linear Power Supply is a high-quality, audiophile-grade power supply designed to enhance the performance of your high-end audio system by providing clean, stable, and low-noise DC power. By replacing standard switching power supplies with the QSOURCE, you can experience a significant improvement in sound quality, with greater clarity, detail, and dynamic range.

Whether you’re powering a network switch, streaming device, DAC, or phono stage, the QSOURCE ensures that each component receives the optimal power it needs to perform at its best. When used in conjunction with other Nordost QRT products, the QSOURCE becomes an essential part of a comprehensive power management solution, helping you unlock the full potential of your high-fidelity audio system.

The QSOURCE is a fanless Linear Power Supply designed specifically for hi-fi audio applications. By providing a stable, clean output of DC power at select voltages, while maintaining extremely low noise levels, the QSOURCE enhances the audio imagery of a sound system by improving sonic articulation, heightening dynamics, and expanding the sound stage.

The QSOURCE uses a top-of-the-line transformer with a unique circuit design to convert AC to DC power while an internal QRT module removes electrical anomalies and noise artifacts from the line and smooths out the DC output, so that audio components are running on the highest quality DC power possible. From a sonic perspective, this clean power makes all the difference, providing excellent regulation, very low ripple, and outstanding transient response, allowing your components to achieve their peak performance.

While the QSOURCE was designed to enhance and power as many as four of Nordost’s new QPOINT Resonance Synchronizers, which manipulate electromechanical resonances in order to enhance the coherency and timing of components, it was conceived with versatility in mind. In addition to the four, 5V outputs designated for QPOINTs, the QSOURCE provides two outlets that can supply 9V, 12V, or 19V and 12V, 19V, or 24V respectively, which can be chosen to match the requirements of your electronics. To complete the transmission chain, Nordost has designed purpose-built QSOURCE DC Cables to fit the QPOINT and any other DC-run components in your system.

Whether using it in conjunction with the QPOINT, or as a standalone power supply for DC-dependent audio components, Nordost’s QSOURCE Linear Power Supply will bring new dimension to your sound system, allowing you to enjoy richer and more nuanced musical performances.

• Linear Power Supply designed specifically for hi-fi audio
applications
• Provides a stable, clean output of DC power at select voltages
while maintaining extremely low noise levels.
• Top-of-the-line transformer with unique circuit design.
• Internal QRT module smooths out DC output and removes
electrical anomalies and noise artifacts from the line.
▶ Add €20 retail for additional replacement fuse

Available Accessory:

STAND MOUNT

Use to easily support your QSOURCE unit with Nordost Sort Kones, mount it to the wall, or stabilize and lift it higher off of your floor or rack.