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Has anybody noticed any changes in their Fooger's performance at different voltages? With some overdrives and compressors, increasing the voltage will allow for more clean headroom, adding some dynamics/depth and other changes or improvements. Noise seems to be a concern on a lot of Foogers and increasing headroom on the drive would definitely be an improvement IMO since the noise floor in my setup seems to be related to the output level. I noticed in the phaser manual it says:


POWER:
The MF-103 works satisfactorily on +10 to +15 volts DC and uses about 100 milliamperes of current. Note that most power adaptors that are rated at +9V DC will actually produce +10 to +11 volts, and power adaptors rated at +12V DC will actually produce +13 to +14 volts, when used with the MF-103. For this reason, you can power your MF-103 from virtually any power adaptor which has a nominal rating between +9 volts and +12 volts at a rated current of at least 200 milliamperes, and has the appropriate power connector. If you use a power source other than that which was supplied with the MF-103, be sure that the voltage never exceeds +15 volts. Power sources with voltages in excess of +15 volts may cause serious damage to the MF-103's circuit.

Obviously, not every Moogerfooger can accept different voltages so please don't take this as an invite to start plugging in random power sources

I have noticed a positive improvement on a MXR 6-band EQ I modded for 12 Volt operation. Why wouldn't more volts sound better into the MF-103? I missed that bit in the manual... I think I'll try a 12V output PSU in the very near future and report back.

I have a well regulated 12VDC power supply (T-REX Juicy Juice), I've measured exactly 12VDC on it.
http://t-rex-effects.com/products/fuelt ... -lucy.aspx

It is possible to power the MF-104M and MF-108M from it?
The current is OK, but I would like to be sure that I won't damage the delay with 12VDC.

You may also whis to read the FAQ about that on the Moog website:

http://www.moogmusic.com/support/moogerfooger%C2%AE-faq

Just scroll down to: "What kind of power adapter can I use with my Moogerfoogers?"

LA

Well, my previous post was for another topic but is actually related to this discussion. (Call me lucky )

The fact is that all the moogerfoogers have an internal voltage regulator. Supplying more than say 9 to 12 Vdc should not change anything at all because of that. This will just make the regulator work a bit harder, or eventually burn if you go beyond 15V...

It is stated somewhere that 9 vDC power supply often deliver up to 12v DC, thus a well regulated 12V DC, with a real 12 v DC output will work without any issue, but the extra few volts will not add anything to the "performance" of the moogerfooger connected to it.

LA