February 29, 201610 yr comment_721852 No but can you see any other reason for that? I mean these are 1ohm 5% carbon resistors so it is clearly a scam with no proven benefits. Report
February 29, 201610 yr comment_721856 if JC actually believed they did any good, they would have been installed in the Blowtorch preamp. Or the Constellation Audio stuff. Or any of the other stuff he has designed. guess all the expensive dinners and a ride in the Bentley were all just a friendly thing. Report
February 29, 201610 yr comment_721860 Just now, justin said: wow i need to raise prices. You are already a douchey boutique manufacturer. Report
February 29, 201610 yr comment_721862 yeah, but what if i put in Bybees and stopped washing the flux off my circuit boards? i'll just leave this here. that's the name of the part. Report
February 29, 201610 yr comment_721863 2 hours ago, kevin gilmore said: if JC actually believed they did any good, they would have been installed in the Blowtorch preamp. Or the Constellation Audio stuff. Or any of the other stuff he has designed. guess all the expensive dinners and a ride in the Bentley were all just a friendly thing. judging from the now closed thread at DIYAudio, Curl seems eager enough to stand up for the merrits of ByPoo Technohoro; "quantum purification by stripping off electrons" and "creating a magnetic field of force to alter the polarity of electrons and protons" and having "energized equipment resonating with C13" ... 6 minutes ago, justin said: yeah, but what if i put in Bybees and stopped washing the flux off my circuit boards? i'll just leave this here. that's the name of the part. You might call it "Blue Hawaii Five-O" then ... Edited February 29, 201610 yr by sorenb Report
March 1, 201610 yr comment_721903 10 hours ago, spritzer said: No but can you see any other reason for that? I mean these are 1ohm 5% carbon resistors so it is clearly a scam with no proven benefits. But... everyone knows that carbon resistors give a nice organic sound signature.... think 1960's transistor radio........ Report
March 1, 201610 yr comment_721909 2 hours ago, wink said: But... everyone knows that carbon resistors give a nice organic sound signature.... think 1960's transistor radio........ That's germanium transistors. One guy from a Russian forum had a rather decent headamp schematic based on these things. Report
March 1, 201610 yr comment_721911 Post #757 on this site... http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/lounge/64538-resistor-sound-quality-76.html and http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?8720-Resistor-signatures But, as usual, YMMV or is that YGGY..? Edited March 1, 201610 yr by wink more spurious info. Report
March 1, 201610 yr comment_721913 Ahhh yes, let's use some old carbon comp resistors and caps which are way past their sell by date. Yup...sounds like a plan. The Riken and Koa's are pretty nice though but miles away from the old stuff. Report
March 2, 201610 yr comment_722074 old caps are the best. one of my first ever DIY projects was with caps from my dad's 1970s parts bin. Caps blew up. Dad wasn't happy. Some people just can't throw out old things.. Report
March 3, 201610 yr comment_722082 I have a massive pile of silver mica caps, 50+ years old, still perfect. And an even bigger pile of .1% resistors, also 50+ years old, and definitely still perfect. but electrolytics over 10 years old are definitely a bad idea. Report
March 3, 201610 yr comment_722101 I'd say it definitely depends on the capacitor itself. I have read on diyaudio and have used/still have a small inventory of mill spec Europe make Roederstein, Siemens and Rifa capacitors that have a shelf life of 20+ years with manufacture batch codes from 1978 the earliest with no problems but need to be reformed before any voltage is applied to them. Have had them measured for impedance, variance/tolerance, capacitance, esr, vloss and all are within specifications. Cracked some of them open and the electrolyte liquid are still present within and outside the foil. Report
March 3, 201610 yr comment_722109 On 29/2/2016 at 10:07 AM, justin said: yeah, but what if i put in Bybees and stopped washing the flux off my circuit boards? i'll just leave this here. that's the name of the part. Does that POS stand for what I think it does? i.e. it's a piece of moist brown...? ...and the complementary part marked NEG stands for Not Even Genuine....? ... or, perhaps, Not Even Good...? Edited March 3, 201610 yr by wink moar info Report
April 17, 20197 yr comment_804597 oopsies... On 3/1/2016 at 6:19 AM, dsavitsk said: Is there actual evidence of this? Actual evidence...? this is headphones and amps we're talking about here.......... Rumour and innuendo are superfluously sufficient....... Edited April 17, 20197 yr by wink Ooopsies Report
June 21, 20224 yr comment_886802 Have opinions of Wells changed over the years? For reference, here are some photos from their website of the Commander tube linestage preamplifier, Headtrip II headphone amplifier, Cipher tube DAC, and Dragon tube headphone amplifier. They appear to still be using Bybee purifiers... Report
June 22, 20224 yr comment_886834 1 hour ago, nopants said: isn't that just a twisted pair stack inside the dac? Sure is. A least one TPA power supply as well. Report
June 22, 20224 yr comment_886837 Amanero USB receiver, TPA Buffalo DAC, Mercury I/V stage. Plus a tube output buffer? Edited June 22, 20224 yr by mwl168 Report
June 22, 20224 yr comment_886872 11 hours ago, mwl168 said: Amanero USB receiver, TPA Buffalo DAC, Mercury I/V stage. Plus a tube output buffer? Yep! Nothing says bespoke high end product like a bunch of DIY modules thrown in a box with moar toobs. Was discussing this sort of silliness on another forum recently; also see implementations of Soekris DIY modules from €6900 up to $34000. I mean, I love my own Soekris and TPA builds, but I sure as shit wouldn't pay several thousand dollars for them...... Report
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