Has anyone compared their laptop running off of battery vs plugged?
Yes
Lol. And ?
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Oh you mean like for music? A Laptop?
What’s wrong with your phone?
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Screen can be brighter when powered from a wall wart. MACBook Pro, MacBook Air, iPads. It has been ages since I used any of the referenced for listening to music, and at no time for critical listening. When ripping CDs, again many years back, a wall wart powered the laptop, with no additional regulation or power conditioning.
I think you’d get better engagement by providing some context as well as sharing your experience up front. Just my opinion.
Short answer is:
YES
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All in expect. 
The battery life of my laptop is as bad as the spec sheet says it is. Are we talking about as a music server? I don’t use it for anything but viewing my BDP-3 control page. Anyway.
Of course we are talking as a music server. Sorry I didn’t realize this was such a controversial topic.
Let me try again.
Hi all. I’m using my laptop to run my music and have 20 TB of hi res music. If any of you still run a laptop - such ancient tech - have you ever tried it on just battery power and does it sound better or any different than running plugged into the wall. I have a new used laptop that I am moving to and I will try it. Just wondering if you had any experiences.
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I cannot speak for others, but I had no idea what you were asking.
I am sure it seemed obvious to you. 
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Well I’ll take a stab at it. I was using a MacBook Pro initially when experimenting with the notion of a digital server. It was pretty basic with a 4Tb external drive powered by the laptop. Basically I was ripping my CD collection. while trying to learn the digital side of things regarding servers and streamers. This was circa 2014, and from what I remember running this configuration fro he wall sounded marginally better. To be honest I was not to thrilled with the sound. I was using an unmodified Apple OS and platform with iTunes. Not impressed. I then tried a Mac Mini, and realized an improvement but still not impressed. Things became more listenable when I stepped up to an Innuos ZENith Mk 3.
As my initial configuration may differ significantly from yours comparisons may be meaningless. From what I heard, utilizing the laptop’s battery power wasn’t an improvement. Considering what’s on the market currently a dedicated audio device would be a better choice if sound quality is a priority. I can recommend the Innuos line, both the ZENith MK III, or Innuos Pulse streamer.
Good luck.
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Thanks. And yes. It’s something I have to look into. Right now thru the matrix things sound pretty good. But you know how that goes. I’m tapped out right now. Just got my pass mono blocks.
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What’s wrong with my phone? Well I’ve got the iPhone se. I gotta move up to at least the iPhone 10 to get kwaulity sound. Come on Al. Did you get that apex yet??
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Ah, Pass monoblocks very nice. Enjoy them! I’ve a Pass XA-25 and on the hunt for a Pass preamp.
I’ve got the BHK 300 monos fed by Pass xp-30 preamp. Glorious!
You probably know this already—Reno HiFi is great source for pass and first watt refurbished to new stuff. Superb condition and comes with warranty.
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Thanks, I’ve heard good things regarding Reno HiFi. I’m on the fence between and XP-12 or an XP-22.
Purchased my x260.8 monos from Reno.
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