Rectifier bridges/FRED recommendations

[labjr]

I think high speed soft recovery diodes were originally designed for SMPS applications where regular diodes probably don't work well. Audiophiles probably discovered that they make a difference in conventional power supplies.

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[Bare]

Hey, I said the article was good!
It seems like all the high-end manufacturers have gone to these diodes in power amps (even Pass), must be a reason other than marketing. Maybe it's something other than ringing?

Has He really ?? Doesn't look like it in.. this.. Factory Firstwatt F6 😉

 

[dazzz]

I bought two years ago
40 units
Excellent diodes
All my project I put them in power supply

 

[Zen Mod]

Has He really ?? Doesn't look like it in.. this.. Factory Firstwatt F6 😉

he meant on PL products

 

[Hikari1]

Also they are "redundantly paralleled". I've never seen that in any of the amps around here.

 

[Zen Mod]

another difference between PL and FW

FW being esoteric high end for masses

sweet money for Papa , also his perfect private tool for hammering some knowledge in pretty thick sculls of us Greedy Boyz

 

[Mark Johnson]

Also they are "redundantly paralleled". I've never seen that in any of the amps around here.

An excellent idea for Part2 of your "Listening Test Results: The Sonic Signatures of Different Power Supply Diodes" article.

 

[kamis]

British audio designer Ben Duncan in his power supplies uses VDR-s across transformer secondaries instead of RC snubbers.

 

[Mark Johnson]

If you used these Fairchild ultrafast devices in your power supply, I think you could claim it has "redundantly parallel high speed/soft recovery rectifiers" and that statement would not be a lie. It is definitely not a big fat obvious lie.

 

[Want to be]

I bought two years ago
40 units
Excellent diodes
All my project I put them in power supply

Manufacturer (Mundorf)? Model ? Schematic of insertion points?