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It doesn't appear to amplifyDoes it just "pass the signal through" a tube amp without adding any gain??
If you've got REALLY good ears and sense of correct pace and drive, does this thing just muck up your system? Or provide warmth and beauty?
Thanks for any help,
Hukk
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It may not have an impact on some sources. But my tubed RIAA really soundes better(louder and more snap and punch) when working into a high impedance than a low one. I use 10-xv3 between my RIAA and preamp. Both are tubed.
I am happy with my X-10, as it allows my RIAA to work into 500kohm instead of 35kohm, the sound really improves when impedances reaches 100K and above.. (I tested many impedances with a breadboarded FET buffer also)Besides this the 10-xv3 can drive longer cables with higher capacitance than my RIAA/Preamp (..and other) does. With my SS CD player X10-V3 had much less effect, apart from 1 db added loudness.
The distortion from the X-10V3 is much less than my RIAA/preamp so I do not thing coloration from distortion is any issue with X-10V3
I belive the X-10V3 buffer is similar to the output stage use in some MF high class CD players.
Best regards
Balle
I know a lot of people on here like to bad-mouth the X-10v3 and theorize how it can't help your system but I have one and it really improves the sound in any number of configurations. I have used it between my Pre and amp with a MF A308 pre and Bryston 4bst and the MF A308 pre and PL 5 tube amp. With Maggies or Quad 63's it creates a more musical soundstage with greater resolution. I tried it between a cd player with Tube output and umpsampling and the 308 pre and it didn't seem to do anything. But between the Pre and the amps it improves things. I recently took it out of the loop and had the Bryston running the Quads. Put it back in right away because the resolution was not as good and it sounded harsh and bright. Best way I can describe it as similar difference as you would find between a SS amp and tube amp.
If you have a digital source:For a bit more money, Steve Nugent may be able to add an Audiocom Superclock 4 to a compatible CDP or CDT.
Jeez, has it transformed my CDT (an Ensemble Dirondo)!
I had an X10 a few years back - no improvement in my rig.
... if you do the math, buying a better CD player or DAC is, as others suggest, the wiser choice. After all, once impedance matching is out of the way (as it should be in most systems anyhow) any improvement from adding the MF unit is likely to stem from the introduction of second-order harmonics or the blurring of detail that your source component has conveyed in a harsh manner. Though potentially pleasant, both effects result from corruption of the audio signal.
It is a Band-Aid. It could be helpful if you had a poor sounding CD player.I have not heard it nor have I seen a schematic. But an educated guess would be that it is little more than a cathode follower. The company has sold an awful lot of them over the years so a lot of people do feel it is worthwhile.
Myself, I’d say get a better CD/DAC instead.
Russ
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