“The difference is not subtle, especially when you listen to something a little more chilled and natural-sounding; Bill Evans’ wonderful ‘Peace Piece’ [Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Riverside]. You feel your body relaxing into the music faster; the sound is more ‘analogue’; not replicating the LP, getting closer to the real deal. The original SuperSwitch was already good at this, but the SuperSwitch X/Pro X PSU takes ‘fidelity’ and ‘effortless, natural sound’ to a new level.

That honest, yet natural performance is on a par with some of the best dedicated servers. Obviously, a good server brings more to the mix (such as dedicated RJ45 or USB sockets and good software), but in terms of sheer performance uplift, the Reiki Audio SuperSwitch X/Pro X raises the music quality to that level.”.

Alan’s full review appears in hardcopy in hi-fi+ issue 252. Alternatively a year’s online subscription to hi-fi+ via Pocketmags is ridiculously good value; check it out here. Or click the button below to download the pdf.