From what I've seen on various forums:
- the early Shuttles relied on ACME PSUs which tended to be problematic and seemed to be stamina lacking in terms of life expectancy.
[honold, which PSUs were in the sv24s?]
- ACME quality improved somewhat and more reliable units are now being utilized
- Concurrently, Shuttle and other manufacturers with their derivatives (here after refered to as the Shuttlites [and not to be confused with Shiites or one of the lost tribes of Israel]), started using Enhance branded PSUs, which have exhibited to be more problematic then the ACME units.
My questions are:
Are these two (ACME/Enhance) just the same company (or manufactured by the same company and sold and relabeled by ACME or Enhance) ?
If unique companies and/or products, why did the Shuttlites start utilizing Enhance as well? (economics?)
Why haven't respectable manufacturers/labels jumped on the opportunity to provide units for these Shuttlite boxes either as that which is included in the box (less likely scenario ? as I suppose Shuttle et al. would want to keep their box prices stable nor erode into their existing margins by using more expensive units) or as a third party add ins?
Personally, I think one of the major sticking points against the Shuttle SFF's, and other manufacturer's derivatives is those ACME/Enhance PSUs. Given the opportunity to switch to, oh say, Antec PSUs, I'm sure many SFF buyers/owners would opt for that route...
CK
