spritzer Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 wow i need to raise prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Enigma Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Just now, justin said: wow i need to raise prices. You are already a douchey boutique manufacturer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorenb Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) 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, 2016 by sorenb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 You mean "Blue Hawaii Special Edition- Mk Deuce". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 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........ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudeWolf Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) 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, 2016 by wink more spurious info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted March 2, 2016 Report Share Posted March 2, 2016 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.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefQon Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) 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, 2016 by wink moar info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) 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, 2019 by wink Ooopsies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four Kneez Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 isn't that just a twisted pair stack inside the dac? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwl168 Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) Amanero USB receiver, TPA Buffalo DAC, Mercury I/V stage. Plus a tube output buffer? Edited June 22, 2022 by mwl168 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 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...... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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