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Audiophile oddities

Since I changed my beloved YBA 2 preamp to a YBA 1 preamp, my 2 was lying on my work table. Yesterday I opened it up to see what was inside (a really beautifull inside...) but unlike the other time I opened it I went further in the body of the beast by opening those little black tinted box caled "YBA line module" ( I tought I would find some kind of esoteric electronic device...) and what I found was something I never imaginated I could find in a preamp: some kind of ziplock bag with some sort of black little rock (like those in fish aquarium) and absolutely NO ELECTRONIC PART!!! Just a plastic bag full of S**T. I tried to find if they where any electronic device under the board but again their was nothing. I will open up my 1 preamp to see if that is the same thing as the 2 but let me tell you that I'm a little bit disapointed that a profesional conpagny like YBA are using some kind of voodoo things...

dismalonyx
garfish
1,840 posts
 
Hi Dismal; Don't mean to make light of your maybe distressing story about the YBA. But years ago there was a news story about a guy that bought a Cadillac that had an irritating knocking sound in the left front door. He finally took it too a GM service dept. and when the mechanics took the inner door panel off they found a nut tied to a string that was swinging back and forth and banging into the sheet metal. There was also a note attached that said "serves you right you rich SOB". Of course this was courtesy of a (maybe) disgruntled GM assembly employee.

Well, your YBA story reminded me of that. I hope there's a better explanation than YBA is selling little black rocks. Cheers. Craig
slartibartfast
100 posts
 
I am surprised they didn't pot the darn little thingies so someone would have to go to all the trouble to slice it up into little bits to see what is inside...
cornfedboy
1,645 posts
 
i've been told that yba uses chips off an old block of shakti stone. they are purportedly intended to cut back on listener flatulence, which, left uncontrolled, can have unpleasant effects upon the musical presentation.
-cfb
scon90
46 posts
 
You are the final winner. Please show up at the YBA factory Monday morning at 7 O'clock sharp for a magical experience.
msnloeth
57 posts
 
Did you buy the unit used? Perhaps at one time it was a gift from Lex Luthor to Clark Kent and somehow you ended up with it.
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