Beat it – The noise that is. You can with LAiV's new Crescendo Beat [$494], a 45-watt outboard linear power supply with 15V/2A and 5V/3A parallel feeds for two matching components. LAiV rate noise under load as 50µV or 0.00005V which, against a 1V reference, is -86dB down. That's very low. There's a 70VA power toroid, twin regulation for two-stage ripple rejection at >82dB plus 17'990µF of filter capacitance. Finish options are the brand's usual silver and black, the chassis is stamped aluminium with rounded corners. What can you use the Beat for? Small components with the right DC power inputs like network switches, clocks, DACs, DDCs, bridges, headphone amps, phono stages and Raspberry-Pi servers.
