Noise/Hiss, Echo Park and the Voodoo Labs Pedal Power

[JimmyMingin']

I bought a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power 2 today and it's really impressed me. Thought I'd come on and give my observations.

 

I was using a multi-output power supply before (a no-name thing), but it was always a bit noisy and unreliable. With that one I had to be quite careful with the order of effects or I got hum, and I needed a separate wall-wart for my Echo Park. It finally bit the dust so I upgraded.

 

I'm running:

TU2->Crybaby->Small Stone->Zoom PD01-> MarshallDSL50

FX loop->BossPS3->Fish'nChipsEQ for solo boost->Echo Park

 

The PP2 is totally quiet. I can't tell the difference between it and batteries for noise. Much better than the old things. And it powers my Echo Park, no problems. So all good

 

But, while listening for hiss and hum I really paid attention to my Echo Park for the first time. It really makes a lot of hiss. And to start with it hissed all the time, wether I had the pedal on or off... It turns out that the "trails" function means that it hisses all the time. With that turned off it only hisses when engaged.

 

Do other peoples'S Echo Parks do this?

[PFDarkside]

Mine doesn't with the Lne 6 adapter, but IIRC with the Constrictor in the chain with it's own PS they still hum.

[The Friendly Ranger]

I tried one when they first came out. It hissed no matter how I powered it, even with batteries. I never tried it with a Line 6 adapter, though. If that's what it takes to make it quieter I'm not interested. Otherwise it was a great sounding delay.

[JimmyMingin']

I have the line 6 adapter, and compared that to batteries and the PP2. I couldn't spot a difference between the three. Lots of hiss in each case