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What about Bybee Filters?

Any one who has used the Bybee Filters please report on your results. I'm thinking about modding my Sony DVP-S9000ES and trying to figure out which mod package to go with. Modwright highly recommend the Bybee's, but I'm skeptical. Is the powerline IEC inline filter the best bet? Or the speaker bybee? Or the IC bybee? Do you have to get them all? Which makes the most difference, and is it a good difference? Or should I just go with a higher mod package and skip the Bybee's? I am in the dark on this.
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stehno
1,453 posts
 
Gpalmer is right. Dan Wright will probably send you straight over to Stan Warren. :)
rcrump
427 posts
 
The Bybee filters do nice things for AC mains, such as allowing the digital gear to remain on when listening to analog if separated into separate circuits, digital and analog....I don't care for them on speakers or ICs as feel too much of the baby gets thrown out with the bath water, but YMMV....Some folks love them throughout.....
oahuan
39 posts
 
I have both the Bybee speaker filters and the IC filters. The IC filters are on the lines from both my digital (CD player) and analog (phono preamp) sources to my linestage at the linestage inputs, and are also on the lines running from my linestage to my amplifier at the amplifier inputs. I initially thought that the speaker filters had the most effect, and in certain systems, I still think the effect of the speaker filters is at least very noticeable (good). However, in my system and in some others, the biggest and best difference is made by inserting IC filters going into your amp, whether they are coming from a preamp or directly from a source. This has proved to be the case not only in my system but in at least 2 other quite different systems I have listened to at great length recently.

A local dealer here claims that inserting Bybees directly into the power feed of a CD player or DVD player will make a very dramatic improvement in the digital sound reproduction and video output as well. I can't yet verify what this dealer is saying, but I can say that he is a very knowledgeable and reputable fellow whose opinion I respect.
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rhyno
649 posts
 
any place to buy bybees to install into component's AC? i'd prefer to do the work myself, as i'm not big on shipping gear unnecessarily
thx
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alanmkafton
72 posts
 
Rhyno......you can buy the Bybee filters directly from Dan Wright, as he is an authorized OEM reseller. I think they're approx. $80 each. As he has done extensive work with them, he is most qualified to assist you with your DIY installation.

He is easiest to reach at "modwright@yahoo.com"

alan m. kafton
audio excellence az
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