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If you own a pedalboard, you need to own this
Dunlop's DC-Brick power supply is *the* power supply to eliminate the tangle of wall-warts, surge protectors, and quickly-drained batteries from your pedalboard. Clad in a heavy full-metal housing, this contains seven 9-volt DC outputs and three 18-volt outputs, more than enough for any musician not touring with a road crew behind them. Besides the sheer amount of outputs it has for your effects (and you can safely use all ten without worrying about coming close to the 1000 milliamp full output) it also contains a Limiting Circuit that both protects it against the "bad power" we've all experiences in terribly wired clubs as well as cleaning up hum and noise from older and cheaper pedals. And if that wasn't enough, it can handle up to 240 volts - find your band on a European tour? Swap out the power adapter and you're good to go, saving yourself from an expensive and heavy voltage regulator.
The most astounding thing is the price - for the cost of three to four adapters, you can have yourself a state-of-the-art power supply that'll both power and protect them. If you have any effects that are near-and-dear to you, you owe it to yourself to pick up a DC-Brick before your next gig.
Reviewed by Ian Perge on 1/3/2007 who plays Rock, Alternative, Industrial, Dance, Acoustic.
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A Brick stamps out wall warts
Anyone who plays through stomp boxes and multi-effect pedals can relate with the "power struggle" that comes with the us of pedals. The Dunlop DC-Brick Power Supply has ended those tangled wall-warts and dead batteries for good. It can power up to (7) 9volt pedals, and (3) 18volt pedals. With only one standard electic plug, it clears all the clutter that comes with large adapters, and it will never drop out or lose power, even when all pedals are active.
Each pedal connects to the DC-Brick via connection cables. The 9v and 18v sides have different style cables from each other to prevent cross connecting a pedal with and improper voltage. This eliminates any risk of accidental damage.
The only downside of ths product is it only provides one set of connection cables, so if you lose any you'll have to buy a replacement. Other than that this power supply soars above the competition. It's solid metal casing covered by a textured outside makes it almost indestructible.
Dunlop has been a company known for their high quality, and solid construction, and the DC-Brick keeps true to the Dunlop Standard.
Reviewed by mrshawn080 on 10/16/2006 who plays Hard Rock.
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Small package to power all your pedals
The DC Brick is a great way to power and clean up your pedalboard. The DC Brick is about the size of MXR pedals (phase 90, etc) but puts out more than enough power for up to 10 pedals. The DC Brick can power 7 9v pedals and 3 18v pedals.
I used the DC Brick on my friends pedalboard and was very impressed with that I didn't hear any added noise. All his pedals were powered through this one unit and because the DC Brick is so small it can hardly took up any room on his board.
The DC Brick makes for an excellent power supply option for anyone's board.
Reviewed by don't_go_on_me on 11/1/2006 who plays Rock, Indie, Alternative.
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Great for the price
Dunlop DC-Brick Multi-Power Supply. I like this pedal supply. Cheaper ones can give you noise and really suck the tone from your pedals. This ones solid and has lots of needed features. Plus its small so it doesn't take up tons of space on your board.
Reviewed by tietjen on 11/6/2006 who plays rock.
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Awesome way to organize that pedal board.
The Dunlop Brick has made my pedal board much more neater and quieter. It's neater because I have eliminated my wall warts and uniformed my AC cabling. It's quieter because...well, it just is! My pedals do not hiss like they used to. It's almost like I have a noise supressor pedal, but I don't. Plenty of jacks and cables for all of my pedals, and I have more jacks to spare. I am also very conveniently using one of the included 18 volt jacks to "over" power my Fulltone Fulldrive II with GREAT results!
Reviewed by 06R7 on 10/18/2006 who plays Everything.
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Solid, but not universal
Does not appear to be compatible with PSA type Boss pedals like my GigaDelay - creates a distinct humm when plugged in, just as other adapters will do. Going to try to replace this with the Visual Sound adapter and see if the same problem exists... and if so I will have to resort to a seperate Boss PSA just for that unit.
Also the 2 18V aren't so useful to me, but a 24v would have been nice for items like my Q-Tron.
Reviewed by Davin on 11/13/2007 who plays Rock/Pop.
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You only need one
At least I would hope you only need one. Many "bricks" out there only power nine volt, well I just picked up a 18V fulltone pedal, and guess what? I'm pretty glad I bought this particular power supply in hindsight. Build like a tank, a 700 lb man could step on this, it would break his foot. And it would be hard for him to miss with the freakin cool blue LED.. it makes your pedal board look like it's from outer space.
Reviewed by Dan B on 3/25/2009 who plays Blues/ Psychedelic trippy junk.
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It works so good I'll need another one!
Boy am I lucky that I bought the DC Brick when I got my first few pedals, or I'd be up to my knees in used-up batteries. I have enough pedals to fill up the DC Brick's 9v outputs. Actually, one of my 9v wires doesn't work any more(my fault), so now I'm a wire short and I can't stop getting new pedals. I look forward to getting a second DC Brick. They reliably power all the pedals you can hook into it, its built tough and solid, and is very compact. Definitely a top-notch accessory for your pedal-powering needs.
Reviewed by Veloy on 2/23/2009 who plays rock with lots of pedals.
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Why Try Anything Else?
The Dunlop DC-Brick is so great. It sits perfectly on top of my little amp. I bought the Brick at the same time I bought my first pedal, buying another the next day, getting another pedal a week later. This thing handled them all like they were nothing. My pedals are fine and I'm worry free. I'm relatively new to guitar playing, and my knowledge of previous effects-powering methods is lacking. But day in/day out I use my pedals powered by the DC Brick and wonder what a waste it could be if I had not bought it. What would I have then...batteries? Hah! Adapters? No better. This thing also has a super-bright LED(mine's blue) and works great as a nightlight for random midnight jam sessions. What more could you ask?
Reviewed by Cantaloupe King on 5/12/2008 who plays Buckethead and from Rock to Metal.
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Complete solution
For the guitar player who needs maximum versatility on sounds with a minimum of "stuff" to worry about, the DC Brick is THE solution. I built a mini-pedal board with a tuner and 5 mini-pedal accessories. The DC Brick allowed me to tie everything together to that I have one power cord to plug in and that's it. The whole box is online withe all the sound variations I want and use. Great solution to the need for maximum versatility.
Reviewed by Wayne Dell on 1/25/2008 who plays numerous.
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