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Re: JC why do you even get involved with these things?

It all happened about 12 years ago. I was asked by my employer (Parasound) to evaluate the Bybee device.
In fact, I have a fax dated June 26, 1995 from Parasound that reads af follows:
'Dear John,
Enclosed is a prototype of the line conditioner from Jack Bybee. Richard (my boss) and Mike Klasko (Menlo Labs) visited his lab full of suspicion. After listening to a system with a conditioner for the preamplifier and power amplifier, both Richard and Mike claim that they heard a significant improvement.
Please evaluate this filter (without tearing into it) and see if you can verify that the improvement is quantifiable. Richard is showing an interest in marketing the unit only if there is a technical explanation for its performance. '
That is how we initially approach things. However, my measurements 12 years ago were virtually the same as what Dan measured.
I just about gave up, BUT THEN I LISTENED TO THE BYBEE DEVICE through my STAX Lambda headphone system driven directly by a Vendetta phono stage and my favorate Grateful Dead (Live Dead) vinyl record. Wow! There was a real difference.
This got me curious as to who Jack Bybee was, and what he was doing inside this block of 'cement' and the rest is history.

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