No more big power supplies for preamps

We certainly beleive in the quality of a power supply whether its an amp, preamp or anything else. This is not to say that you have to have a huge, separate power supply for good results. Size does not matter if the design is not up to par. Doesn't matter how big and impressive looking it is if its not doing what it is suppose to do properly.
I would take a small, simple PROPERLY DESIGNED power supply over a huge, separate flawed design. Same goes for any circuit design.

Response34, I guess that I agree that once I hear a line stage, I make a judgment about its power supply. I certainly don't just look at the size of the ps and make the judgment. If you mean by "properly designed" that it sounds great, I agree.

Response 34,
No once would argue your point, of course design and execution have to be proper or all is loss. Your Purity Audio line stages employ separate and beefy power supplies as one ascends the price scale. So I assume they have a significant function or the line stages would remain a single convenient box rather than two boxes. It seems that the majority of upper tier or cost no object models have separate power supplies.
Regards,

If you research Naim and their power supplies, and read some user's reviews on the Naim forum regarding their PS555, and how some have added a second one each for digital and analog reporting great results, and now using the upgraded PS555DR (Discrete Regulator) to even better reported results.... I am not in the mood for using periods, or ending sentences today, so....

Don't necessarily be fooled by full sized power supplies. I am aware that both Bryston and Pass, in the past, marketed a pre-amp and a phono stage, respectively, that initially had separate but small power supplies only to supplant them with the identical power supplies but housed in full size cases. The market was far more accepting of a half empty power supply case vs. a just right sized case. It just bugs me when I see the insides of a component that is half or more, air