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I conditionally recommend the Meanwell GSM40A09-P1J medical power supply, but be sure to read below, as there's likely a better option. Conditional recfommendation because there are three (3) things to be aware of: 1. You must reverse the polarity of the DC tip. The Pod Go requires center negative conductor. 2. You must use a different size DC tip than what this ships with, because it will not fit into the Pod Go with the stock tip. To solve #1 and #2 above, I cut and soldered a DC tip (from another power supply I had laying around that fit the Pod Go) onto this power supply. Except for #3 below, it works great. 3. I gigged with this new power supply (and Pod Go) last weekend, and it sounded clean over the house PA system. It also sounds clean on my Fender Rumble 100 amp at home. HOWEVER, it adds a nasty high-pitch tone (didn't measure it, but it's in the KHz range (not a low, 50-60 Hz AC hum)) to my Scarlett Solo The Pod Go doesn't even need to be turned on to get this tone into the Scarlett Solo. If this power supply touches the conductors on the Pod Go, the tone is present. I believe the problem is due to RF being dumped to ground on the AC side of the supply, since I the GSM40A09-P1J is a three prong (grounded) power supply. I thought that this would be better, but I'm thinking differently now. ;) There is a two prong version of this I may try at some point. By the way, I did try ferrite beads. Multiple configurations, from one to many. Didn't touch the high-pitched tone at all. So now I use the stock power supply, which I have immobilized to prevent shorting, for home use. And I use the Meanwell power supply for gigging. It is rugged, and seems to do great for that purpose. Anyone know what size DC tip the Pod Go uses? 2.1mm x 5.5mm? Thanks, buzz

I searched the choptones site for "pod go bass." The search yielded four results, none of which seem very compelling. @luca5x, to which choptones product do you refer? Perhaps I missed it; their web site is not well organized, and it's difficult to find products that may fit the "pod go for bass" application.

Thank you, @spaceatl and @Vics53 ! I used the 1/4" TRS to XLR cable last week to connect my Pod Go to the and had no issue. I understand the "quasi" comment from spaceatl, and the venue has DI boxes laying around, so I can grab one if needed for some reason. buzz

To be more succinct: Does the Pod Go's balanced 1/4" TRS output eliminate ground loop issues? I would use a 1/4" TRS to XLR cable to connect the Pod Go directly to the house sound system. Thank you, buzz

Greetings, I play bass with my Pod Go at a venue that seats ~400 folks. Live performances only. The sound board is about 70 feet across the room. I have been plugging into random DI boxes, but I thought it might be good to eliminate the middle man (DI box) and plug the Pod Go directly into the XLR jack in the stage. I don't know if this is a great idea or a terrible one, and I haven't purchased the 1/4" TRS to XLRM cable yet to try it. I think it would work great, although someone said I may need a LIFT setting to break any potential ground loop. The Pod Go has no such setting/switch (as far as I can tell), although I believe some of the higher end Line6 stuff does. Is this a non-issue? If I use the balanced, 1/4" TRS main out of the Pod Go, do I still need to worry about separately dealing with breaking any potential ground loop? (Or does the Pod Go handle this for me?) Thanks so much in advance for your help with this! buzz