musical fidelity tube buffer

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In article <cq06n201bjd@news3.newsguy.com>, wdunlap@ucwphilly.rr.com says...
> I've been seeing great reviews for the Musical Fidelity Tube Buffer for 399.
> Has anyone bought this item, if so what do you think of it? Is there
> anything to the claims of improved sound and more realism, or is this all
> hype?

It will definately have an effect on the sound. It's up to you to decide if
it's better or not. It may be a welcome thing in systems with a thin/dry
sound. I had the first X10-D few years ago and went thru a few amps and
speakers while I had it. It worked in some setups, and not that well in
others.


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d.B.

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I haven't heard the Musical Fidelity unit but I did try the Z-Systems
tube buffer a few years ago. I couldn't hear any difference so I sold
it.


---MIKE---

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"Wayne T" <wdunlap@ucwphilly.rr.com> wrote in message
news:cq06n201bjd@news3.newsguy.com...
> I've been seeing great reviews for the Musical Fidelity Tube Buffer
for 399.
> Has anyone bought this item, if so what do you think of it? Is
there
> anything to the claims of improved sound and more realism, or is
this all
> hype?

If it's what I think it is, the MF Tube Buffer is nothing more than a
unity gain circuit that slightly degrades the sound that went into it
without amplifying it. IOW just a device for adding "tube sound" to
an otherwise perfect signal. If this device is properly designed, you
will not be able to tell whether it's in the circuit or not; it will
have no sonic effect. This being the case, my guess is that MF has
purposely designed the buffer to alter the signal slightly so that
it's always possible to tell when it's in-circuit.

Norm Strong

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Chung wrote:
> Wayne T wrote:
>> I've been seeing great reviews for the Musical Fidelity Tube Buffer
>> for 399. Has anyone bought this item, if so what do you think of it?
>> Is there anything to the claims of improved sound and more realism,
>> or is this all hype?
>
> This device is to be used between the CD player's output and the
> preamp. There is no way that it can *improve* the sound, in the
> accuracy sense. It can only add noise, distortion, and errors in the
> frequency response. If noise, distortion or frequency errors can add
> more *realism* to you, then by all means go for an audition.

Must be a Wavac for the poor then.
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ciao Ban
Bordighera, Italy