Product: Artec SPB-8 Power Brick
Price Paid: USD 53.00
Submitted
01/17/2009
at
05:34pm
by
Bob Ashford
Email: bobash at earthlink<dot>net
Ease of Use
:
8
Very easy to use. Plug in your power cords, plug it in the wall and your pedals have regulated power. One note: The two variable power jacks. There is no indication where the 9v setting is. I used a voltmeter and dialed it to 9v. Just setting the dial to 12 o'clock on mine gave a reading of about 8.2. One I got it to 9 I used a silver metallic Sharpie to mark the right spot. I give this an rating of 8 instead of 10 because they should have had a quick setting for 9v and have the power go to 18v for some of the double power pedals. It is "dailable" from 6v to 12v.
Sound Quality
:
10
Sound quality is excellent! Do NOT daisy chain your pedals. I used to used my Boss TU-2 Tuner to power some pedals. Some pedals DO NOT LIKE THIS. My Boss CE-5 and a CH-1 were quite noisy via a daisy chain just to mention two. With an individual, regulated power supply, everything sounds great.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
I very recently bought it new on ebay (1/14/09 I think). So far, everything is great. I'm listing No Opinion since I've only used it for a couple of days. Assume 10, I'll report back if there is a problem.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
I have never dealt with them. No opinion as yet.
Overall Rating
:
10
The SPB-8 cleaned up quite a bit of noise in my pedal board. So far, I love it. I will never use daisy chain power again.
