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musical fidelity tube buffer
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? |
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On 18 Dec 2004 03:04:02 GMT, "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? It's all hype. This item is a notorious scam, as it is not a true buffer, but has a gain of 1dB, not enough for it to sound louder, but enough for it to sound 'better', with more 'inner detail'. -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering |
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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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On 18 Dec 2004 03:04:02 GMT, "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? While it can improve a situation in which there is a signal level or impedance mismatch between the player and the preamp, it can otherwise only be a filter, removing or emphasizing something, but it cannot add information. Kal (who has not tried one) |
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"Wayne T" wrote in message
... 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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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. |
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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. -- ciao Ban Bordighera, Italy |
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