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Post by lurch on Nov 30, 2021 17:26:09 GMT
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Post by firebottle on Nov 30, 2021 17:35:13 GMT
F@ck me £2900 for a buffer? It goes in the analogue chain, not digital.
You'd be much better off buying a BT2 preamp and you get a top notch volume control function as well.
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Post by misterc on Nov 30, 2021 17:38:21 GMT
have listned to one of these very recently I'll pass seriously unimpressed.
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Post by firebottle on Nov 30, 2021 18:19:19 GMT
It's just a buffer. If you have decently designed kit you just shouldn't need it.
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Post by macca on Nov 30, 2021 18:22:11 GMT
from reading the blurb it seems like it solves a problem that doesn't exist except in some very random edge case situation that you'd probably have to go to some lengths to set up.
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Post by Bigman80 on Nov 30, 2021 18:35:11 GMT
There suddenly seems to be a few we'll know names throwing out buffers.
I wonder where they all got that idea from?
(Tom Christiansen)
Or the BT2....although they don't do it how we do it.
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Post by macca on Nov 30, 2021 18:39:22 GMT
It buffers no parsnips with me.
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Post by sq225917 on Nov 30, 2021 21:44:09 GMT
Pointless unless you have a device with a Sh#t output stage that can't drive a car down a motorway. Even then you can only match impedance, you can't fix a bad stage.
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Post by antonio on Dec 2, 2021 15:55:07 GMT
Someone on Wigwam thinks it's the bees knees, and £3k well spent  Who are we to argue |
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Post by Bigman80 on Dec 2, 2021 16:28:01 GMT
Someone on Wigwam thinks it's the bees knees, and £3k well spent Who are we to argue It's a load of bollocks. More HiFi profiteering |
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Post by macca on Dec 2, 2021 17:26:09 GMT
Someone on Wigwam thinks it's the bees knees, and £3k well spent Who are we to argue was reading that and get the impression that he was just using his DAC as a pre-amp previously. With most of my power amps that doesn't sound as good as using a pre-amp, whether it's the Philips or the DCB1 buffer. So maybe the same with active ATC, in which case I'm not surprised it's a revelation to him with the Whest buffer in-between. You go from okay but a bit bland to what sounds like the studio feed. No need to pay the thick end of 3 large for that though. The Whest phono stages are over-priced too IMO. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Dec 2, 2021 17:51:10 GMT
Someone on Wigwam thinks it's the bees knees, and £3k well spent Who are we to argue was reading that and get the impression that he was just using his DAC as a pre-amp previously. With most of my power amps that doesn't sound as good as using a pre-amp, whether it's the Philips or the DCB1 buffer. So maybe the same with active ATC, in which case I'm not surprised it's a revelation to him with the Whest buffer in-between. You go from okay but a bit bland to what sounds like the studio feed. No need to pay the thick end of 3 large for that though. The Whest phono stages are over-priced too IMO. Absolutely agree. |
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Post by sq225917 on Dec 2, 2021 19:16:03 GMT
If you think the stages ate overpriced you should see how much a service costs!
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Post by sq225917 on Dec 3, 2021 15:34:45 GMT
Just spotted this topping do a 768k usb isolator for $69. First cheap high speed one I've seen.
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Who are we to argue