Antijitter

I used Monarchy DIP, between much more "inferior" units, Marantz 63/X-ACt Dac/ x-10 buffer/ and heard no sonic difference. I believe in simpler aproach to improving the sound. Get better gear to begin with. Adding, "stuff' here and there, can, and will deteriote the final product: THE SOUND! If it's better...you wont know about it. Spend money on Lp's, CD, or good book...Good Luck!

I agree with Eldragon. Unless you are making the last change you are ever going to make (yeah right!), adding an anti-jitter device can be poor economics. What if your next move is a one box player, or the top-of-line Theta combination, or a new format? Either way you will have to get rid of the Jitterbug. Anti-jitter devices do work. I once enjoyed very good results with a DIP in between a CAL Alpha and CAL Delta. But I now have the top-of-line Theta two-box and neither the DIP or the SF Ultra Jitter Bug are remotely up to it (which makes me wonder if the Jitterbug is up to your Theta combo either). Remember that a jitter device only does the job that a decent player (whether one box or two) should have done in the first place - which makes the jitter device a band-aid. IMHO it is much better to look to upgrade your CD combination.

Hi Phil; I agree with the above posts in that with your equipment the SF UJB would probably make little or no difference in music character/quality. But they definitely do have their place, eg I use an SF UJB between a Sony CA9ES and Muse Model Two DAC. Besides jitter reduction the UJB also converts the (Stereophile dreaded) toslink output to the preferred and more robust coax, and the UJB + DAC make the CA9ES sound as good as my XA7ES. So, I think jitter reducers are really useful with inexpensive, toslink only cd players, but the better the transport or player, the less the benefit, ie my Sony XA7ES does not need the UJB (or DAC) to sound good, but I use it anyway. I also use a Theta TLC (a jitter reducer and format converter also) to good effect with my Pioneer CD Recorder which I then also route to the Muse DAC. There's more than one way to skin a cat. I know it's controversial, but I am not a supporter of expensive transports, but I believe strongly in excellent DACs-- that's just been MY experience.