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Non-Chinese Tube Buffers| Mass. Wine Guy |
Posted: April 04, 2008 09:32 pm
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Sound Thinking Member  Group: Members Posts: 23 Member No.: 346 Joined: January 02, 2008  |
For reasons best left unaddressed, I am interested in buying a tube buffer that is not manufactured in China. Are there any good ones?
Thank you. This post has been edited by Mass. Wine Guy on April 04, 2008 09:32 pm |
 
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| dingus |
Posted: April 04, 2008 10:45 pm
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 How can people be so cruel?  Group: Admin Posts: 4734 Member No.: 3 Joined: June 29, 2006 |
the only other one i know of is the Music Fidelity X10 but i dont know where its made.
-------------------- Teledyne AR9, Yamaha B-2x, Yamaha M-2, Hafler DH-110, EAD DSP 1000, Wadia WT-3200.
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| Mass. Wine Guy |
Posted: April 05, 2008 08:38 am
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Sound Thinking Member Group: Members Posts: 23 Member No.: 346 Joined: January 02, 2008 |
I may give this an audition. It's manufactured in California:
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?preatran&1211954161 |
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| hifi_nut |
Posted: April 05, 2008 10:18 am
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 Giving it another try  Group: Charter Member Posts: 3384 Member No.: 6 Joined: June 30, 2006 |
Musical Fidelity is one of the best known British manufacturers. I believe they make everything in-house. Space-Tech make quite a few different tube buffers in Canada. In fact they produce an overwhelming quantity of different tube components. Jorge |
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| clint e. |
Posted: April 05, 2008 11:51 am
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 D161t@L 0N L1N3 / Analog at heart Group: Moderator Posts: 6089 Member No.: 40 Joined: July 13, 2006 |
Seems like a really nice buffer. They say it's manufactured in California, that's ok, but maybe if you opened it you look inside and....probably saw a lot of electronic components all made in China....  We have discuss MF buffers in other topic, i use MF buffers in my system for a lot of years now, and my honest advice is: Why don't you talk to our fellow member Ian Grant to see if it's possible to test he's B-283 Tube Buffer ?  It's an incredible buffer, one of the best imho. --------------------   " Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be measured " Albert Einstein |
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| Mass. Wine Guy |
Posted: April 05, 2008 02:24 pm
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Sound Thinking Member Group: Members Posts: 23 Member No.: 346 Joined: January 02, 2008 |
Ian told me he had nothing more to discuss with me after I inquired about the wages and conditions of the Chinese workers who assemble his products. So much for customer service.
The MF buffer I just sold had "Made in Taiwan" stamped on the back. Space Tech stuff looks very fine. Does anyone have personal experience with their gear? This post has been edited by Mass. Wine Guy on April 05, 2008 02:35 pm |
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| thedelihaus |
Posted: April 05, 2008 02:32 pm
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 The Black Dahlquist Group: Moderator Posts: 2478 Member No.: 9 Joined: June 30, 2006 |
If you get that buffer, I'd love to hear it. I'm having issues with my Thiels on certain recordings and think a tube buffer may help, short of swapping out amplification. Where in Mass are you located? I assume you're a Mass resident?
I'm near Quincy/Braintree. I'd love to meet a local STer. -------------------- What you got back home, lil' sister, to play yer fuzzy warbles on? Pitiful, portable picnic players? Come with uncle & hear all proper! Hear angels trumpets & devils trombones. You are invited!
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| clint e. |
Posted: April 06, 2008 04:32 pm
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D161t@L 0N L1N3 / Analog at heart Group: Moderator Posts: 6089 Member No.: 40 Joined: July 13, 2006 |
I'd heard good things about their stuff. A little overpriced imo, but good. -------------------- " Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be measured " Albert Einstein |
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| cuoreboy |
Posted: April 07, 2008 07:54 pm
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Sound Thinking Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Member No.: 413 Joined: February 20, 2008 |
myself also using chinese tube buffer not bad also if u can pay for amount of $$$ can go to better one
 myself using Yaqin and Grand Fidelity i think alot forumer using.Nowdays alot of China produce good n quality product -------------------- My Humble Setup :-
Marantz CD-5001 - Russ Andrews PowerMax Power Cable Marantz PM-4001 - Transparent HPPL Power Cable Yaqin 6J1 Tube Buffer - Russ Andrews YeLLo Power Cable , Input The Chord Calypso RCA , Output The Chord Cobra 3 Mordaunt Short Carnival 2 - Van Den Hul The Skyline HYBRID Bi-Wired Goodmans Audio TW-02DX power cleaner - DIY Belden Power cable from wall plug to power conditioner |
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