Power ALL Your Pedals! | NUX Zeus Isolated Power Supply

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
  • The best way to power pedals is all from one source without introducing any noise to your signal. Zeus is an isolated 80W power supply capable of delivering clean, isolated power to 10 pedals at once.
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    Timecodes:
    00:00 - More than a Greek Myth
    00:43 - Zeus Feature Set
    01:49 - Accessories Supplied
    02:25 - Technology on the Inside
    05:58 - PSU FAQs
    08:34 - Powering a Full Pedalboard
    08:56 - Sound Examples
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  • @ScienceofLoud
    @ScienceofLoud  22 дня назад +5

    The best way to power pedals is all from one source without introducing any noise to your signal. Zeus is an isolated 80W power supply capable of delivering clean, isolated power to 10 pedals at once.
    www.nuxaudio.com/zeus.html
    www.andertons.co.uk/nux-zeus-guitar-pedal-power-supply/
    This video contains paid promotion from NUX
    More details on how Science of Loud implements product promotion - www.csguitars.co.uk/disclosure
    #scienceofloud #powersupply #pedalpower
    Timecodes:
    00:00 - More than a Greek Myth
    00:43 - Zeus Feature Set
    01:49 - Accessories Supplied
    02:25 - Technology on the Inside
    05:58 - PSU FAQs
    08:34 - Powering a Full Pedalboard
    08:56 - Sound Examples
    More from Science of Loud:
    Support on Patreon: www.patreon.com/csguitars
    Join Science of Loud Discord - discord.gg/uJHFgJRunb
    Buy Science of Loud Merchandise - www.csguitars.co.uk/store
    Website - www.csguitars.co.uk
    Contact - colin@csguitars.co.uk
    ___________________________________
    *Description contains affiliate links. Purchasing using one of these links will generate a small commission for Science of Loud at no additional cost to you.*

    • @gradrad12
      @gradrad12 22 дня назад +2

      The fact that you mention in the intro of the video that this might be a reupload when I know it is makes me wonder what NuX thought about it

    • @ScienceofLoud
      @ScienceofLoud  22 дня назад +9

      Oh NUX haven't even seen it yet, I don't typically let companies see the videos ahead of release, and I wouldn't change anything on their request anyway.
      The reupload was because I made a mistake when describing the technology and had to pull the video down to film a correction. That was entirely my decision and nothing to do with upsetting anyone over swan buggery.

    • @gradrad12
      @gradrad12 22 дня назад +1

      Cool beans👍

    • @cmedalis
      @cmedalis 21 день назад

      @@ScienceofLoud I love your commitment to integrity and getting facts right AND STILL ROCKING
      I don't even do music stuff let alone play guitar - but I learn a lot from your videos ! Thanks Keep it up!

  • @spacewolf9585
    @spacewolf9585 22 дня назад +12

    “She Sells Sanctuary”, and you my friend have successfully sold a power supply! 😅

  • @WilliamHaisch
    @WilliamHaisch 19 дней назад +4

    3:08 The break and eye look killed me. 😂 Thank you for your honesty and integrity!

  • @Bassguitarist1985
    @Bassguitarist1985 22 дня назад +4

    Good on ya for showing the internals. I for one appreciate the science behind it being a tech/gearhead. All good isolated switch mode power supplies follow the same topology. The issue is filtering out the PWM switching frequency out of the secondary output coil. Once you achieve that through a snubber network of inductors, caps etc then you can get very clean stable DC voltage, and depending on the PWM chip can push very high current with little waste heat. Rarely however is each output over 500mA. Some PWM chips can do 1500mA or more per output, but the components get more numerous.
    Great video as always!

  • @msevilkuchikopi
    @msevilkuchikopi 22 дня назад +4

    ALL-TIMER intro, great job

  • @guitar19971
    @guitar19971 22 дня назад +2

    This looks like exactly what I’ve been looking for in a power supply

  • @justinvzu01
    @justinvzu01 22 дня назад +6

    It's purple, so I automatically love it. The new EBS Gunsten has to be the best PSU on the market though, it's the only one that can fully power a Quad Cortex on a pedalboard.

  • @andersjjensen
    @andersjjensen 22 дня назад +2

    As a professional computer nerd, who only dabbles in electric guitar for lulz, I actually understood a surprising amount about this PSU. The similarities to motherboard VRM considerations were striking.

  • @PedalPlayhouse
    @PedalPlayhouse 22 дня назад +4

    Zeus was pretty fowl with his promiscuities 😜 low battery starve option is kool feature.

    • @ScienceofLoud
      @ScienceofLoud  22 дня назад +1

      Did you plan for that bird pun, or did you just wing it?

    • @PedalPlayhouse
      @PedalPlayhouse 22 дня назад

      ⁠@@ScienceofLoud😂 twas winged quicker then two shakes of a tail feather my friend

  • @GW2_Live
    @GW2_Live 22 дня назад +4

    That intro lol, such a good laugh
    Dang, those inside shots are beautiful, what a nice power supply, I will have to check them out, been looking to upgrade from my voodoo pedal power 2 plus

  • @fonesrphunny7242
    @fonesrphunny7242 22 дня назад +2

    We use something similar in our studio. Can't remember the brand or name, because the things have been hidden underneath our FX boards for years. lol
    PSUs like this really make a difference, compared to a regular 9v PSU with 6x splitter.

  • @shadowminister4090
    @shadowminister4090 20 дней назад

    Great video, Colin.
    Really good to see inside the pedal. While I had no idea what I was looking at 😅, I'm glad that you did. It was pretty impressive. Thank you.

  • @jcwm01
    @jcwm01 6 дней назад

    Bought one because of this vid. Thank you for what you do. Cheers!

  • @alexcrouse
    @alexcrouse 21 день назад +1

    I have no use for a $300 pedal supply, but i'll watch a correction video with solid science!

  • @yafreeaccount
    @yafreeaccount 18 дней назад

    Cheers, Colin! Good save! I'd love to see a list of the effects you wired up to this board. Did I miss it in the pinned info?

  • @danielhahn7329
    @danielhahn7329 22 дня назад +1

    NUX found the right man 🔥🔥🔥
    Honestly FANTASTIC showcase. A to Z textbook. I’d legit dap you up lmao
    *Btw is it possible to combine 2 outputs and add the polarity cable to it? Working with tube cirquits here ✌️

  • @karlsilverone
    @karlsilverone 22 дня назад +4

    Did I watch this yesterday?

    • @ScienceofLoud
      @ScienceofLoud  22 дня назад +15

      I had to pull that video down, amend some of the technical information that I got wrong, and reupload a more correct version.
      So the middle section of this video is reshot compared to what you watched yesterday.

    • @karlsilverone
      @karlsilverone 22 дня назад +1

      @@ScienceofLoud A reply from the man himself! That made my day :)

  • @jameswatson4429
    @jameswatson4429 22 дня назад +2

    I'd like to request the university lecture, please.

  • @kobalt_ren01
    @kobalt_ren01 22 дня назад

    Purple! Gotta love purple! Fun seeing the guts of this one too, not every day you get to look at Zeus' innards (unless you're making foie gras)

  • @charlesb7831
    @charlesb7831 22 дня назад

    Seems like decent power supply, that being said I love my Cioks DC7 with the 8 expander is amazing!

  • @StaySic4Ever
    @StaySic4Ever 22 дня назад

    Cool really. And yeah, can confirm about severe noise by random power supply that's not for audio gear. Also yes at first when I looked at one of these I wondered why they were so large and expensive hah. But I managed to daisy chain just few of my low power pedals with good single power supply I got from one of the pedals, just enough for all.

  • @quicksesh
    @quicksesh 11 дней назад

    I watched this after your apology ... brilliant self acknowledgement of your fluff up at the 'transformers' ...

  • @rain.faded.
    @rain.faded. 21 день назад

    I might be sold. Smaller than my CS12, lighter, and doesn't have two mandatory 18v and one AC outputs. And all outputs are 500mA too, rather than 100mA and 250mA.

  • @PooNinja
    @PooNinja 22 дня назад +2

    Mo powa!!!

  • @ZacharyHartley-no7uh
    @ZacharyHartley-no7uh 21 день назад

    What patch cables were used in the demo pedal board that was assembled during the PSU FAQ section?

    • @ScienceofLoud
      @ScienceofLoud  21 день назад

      Those were Hosa flat patch cables: hosatech.com/products/analog-audio/instrument-cables/guitar-patch-cables/cfp-000/

  • @Mr.Goldbar
    @Mr.Goldbar 22 дня назад

    If I wanna power even more pedals, do they make an even bigger version? Or should I just stack a couple of these together?

    • @ScienceofLoud
      @ScienceofLoud  22 дня назад +2

      You could certainly grab a second one of these - although as every outlet on this supplies 500mA, and most analog pedals draw far less than 100mA, it's entirely possible to daisy chain a few low draw pedals from a single outlet. That would further extend Zeus' functionality without having to purchase a whole other supply.

  • @kobalt_ren01
    @kobalt_ren01 22 дня назад

    9:01 Is that Duran Duran? I feel like I've heard that before but I can't place where.

    • @ScienceofLoud
      @ScienceofLoud  22 дня назад +1

      It's something more like this: ruclips.net/video/ZCOSPtyZAPA/видео.html

  • @teddy3k3
    @teddy3k3 22 дня назад

    I wonder if the size of the power supply can be reduced by using an external power supply plug to give it the right voltage. Like how they reduced the size of a Micro Dark by using a dedicated power supply thats outside of the amp.
    Aside from that, the PWM integration is pretty genius.

    • @ScienceofLoud
      @ScienceofLoud  22 дня назад

      There are a lot of other power supplies on the market that reduce their size in this way - the new Walrus Audio supplies spring to mind.
      They'll have a small output board which mounts to the pedalboard, and have that connected to a laptop style powerbrick which does all of the mains switch mode conversion.
      However, it's a little odd to sell your power supply on its tiny size when all you've really done is put half the power supply in a different box further down the cable. Especially since those powerbricks are often off the shelf parts and half the development of the product becomes filtering out all the noise from the third party switching supply.

    • @CorNigrum
      @CorNigrum 22 дня назад

      @@ScienceofLoud Maybe there are some benefits when it comes to heat and interference by moving the bulk of the conversion away from low-power circuits, including the power supply enclosure itself and all the other little noisemakers you have on your board.

  • @nobnobnobnob
    @nobnobnobnob 22 дня назад

    I was expecting a side-by-side comparison with a non-isolated supply. Good video though.

  • @veers0r
    @veers0r 22 дня назад

    Why does there need to be a switching power supply per outlet? I'm probably missing something but I think one bigger switching power supply and an isolating transformer per outlet should do. What am I missing?

    • @HansNederland
      @HansNederland 22 дня назад

      transformers are working on AC! A switching power supply also has a transformer (or at least an inductor (but then it is NOT isolated)). You want an extra transformer? Isolating transformers are good for (guitar) signals, not for DC.

    • @veers0r
      @veers0r 22 дня назад

      @@HansNederland I somehow didn't think of the fact that (most) pedals run on DC. Thanks for enlightening me. :)

    • @neysonza
      @neysonza 20 дней назад

      So that it can be completely isolated. One transformer cant be shared by multiple outlets as it defeats the purpose of isolating each power slot. Some cheaper power supplies uses one transformer and claim it to be isolated. Well this one is truly isolated.

  • @bucko5427
    @bucko5427 21 день назад

    Yeah. I'm one of those with the funny voice. It's not quite falsetto yet, but it is higher than before I quit smoking. So you are saying that I need to drink a little more beer to balance out my voice to get it back to a more appropriate pitch? I don't know what to think about that.

  • @ParanormalArson
    @ParanormalArson 21 день назад

    NuX: "Let's name our power supply after a lightning god! Send it to that Scottish fella for review."
    Scottish fella: "DEHD YOU KNOW THA' ZEUS WUS A SEX PEST?"

  • @millermonsterair
    @millermonsterair 21 день назад

    so, basically, NUX made the perfect pedal power supply? welp, there goes more of my money...

  • @chefpjsmith
    @chefpjsmith 22 дня назад

    Mmmmmmm magic smoke...........

  • @Tritium21
    @Tritium21 22 дня назад +1

    Deja Vu?

    • @Tritium21
      @Tritium21 22 дня назад

      I THOUGHT it sounded wrong that optoisolators were the means of power isolation.... I've been spending the last day trying to find how that would work!

  • @walterppk1989
    @walterppk1989 22 дня назад

    I' ll stick with my cioks

  • @tyroneenglish8396
    @tyroneenglish8396 22 дня назад

    Duck, comments incoming. 😂

  • @jeff1872t
    @jeff1872t 22 дня назад

    You're quickly becoming one of my favorite gear channels. I love the deep dives into the hardware you are doing more of lately. Keep it up please.