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Very good, Scott; at least in chemistry the buffer helps keep the ph accurate, while in audio a tube buffer makes the sound less accurate.
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Very good, Scott; at least in chemistry the buffer helps keep the ph accurate, while in audio a tube buffer makes the sound less accurate. But is that necessarily a bad thing? It's well known that tubes color the sound and I don't think anyone would argue that, but I think coloration could be good or bad depending on taste.
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It's not a bad think if it makes you smile. I will keep an open mind. When the buffer gets here and I roll the 6j1 tubes for the JAN-GE 5654W I'll give my honest opinion good or bad after some burn in time.
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I'd be interested in hearing both your immediate opinions and then your opinions after the 'burn in time'.
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Likewise. I didn't realize that a) such things existed or b) they were so inexpensive.
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I'd be interested in hearing both your immediate opinions and then your opinions after the 'burn in time'. Murph. This is my first piece of tube gear so I'm definitely no expert. I don't buy into the whole "burn in" thing when it comes to SS gear or cables, but from what I read(and you can take it with a grain of salt)tubes do benefit from burn time(extended usage to a point) and it makes sense. Or maybe I took your post the wrong way? Any way... I'll use the 6j1 and the JAN-GE 5654W and report back if interested.
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Actually I wasn't trying to be sarcastic. Not that I never can be. We do however have a lot of interesting discussions around here about the limits of auditory memory, burn in, and many other topics so I can't say that these things were not also being debated in my mind.. However, tubes are a different beast that I am very unfamiliar with thus I was generally interested.
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since starting this thread I have found a ton of info on this little buffer from other forums. Seems to be a heated subject to say the least. Anyhoo. I picked up a couple of different tubes(JAN-GE 5654W/Mullard CV4010) to roll.
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Tony, regardless of what others think, you can try the tube buffer out in your system and see if it makes a difference. No matter what, it is a relatively small investment you put into it. Years ago, I started with a buffer as the first piece of tube equipment. Since then I've added more.
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