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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.
twl
twl OP
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I just tried out a pair of Bybee Quantum Power Speaker Filters that were sent to me by a wonderful member for my evaluation. I just received them and hooked them up today. I spent the next 3 hours listening to music. These things work! My initial reaction is very favorable. Much smoother sound across the spectrum, without any loss of detail, soundstage, imaging, or anything. I will see how they do over a few days time, as far as any changes with burn-in go.
gpalmer
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Cool, let us know how it goes!
sns
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I have been experimenting with the bybee filters for the past 3 weeks and my experience has been quite unsettling. I had my perpetual tech. p3a and monolithic sound modified by Modwright 3 weeks ago. I had the level II upgrade and power supply upgrade (in addition I had bybees placed on analog outs on DAC and purchased another pair for my tweeters). Upon first listening something was completely out of wack, my system though smooth was utterly uninteresting.
I decided to remove the bybees from the analog outs on DAC. What a difference! I believed transparency had returned to its pre- mod state. I listened to my system in this configuration (bybees on AC ins on Monolithic and tweeters) for a couple week, still it seemed something was missing, the emotional involvement just wasn't there (even to pre modified configuration). Finally a couple days ago I removed the bybees from my tweeters, air and ambience returned as well as my emotional involvement.
At this point I am very happy with my system (bybees still on Monolithic AC ins), all the good things others say about monolithic mods are there, but I'm now considering taking the bybees out of the monolithic. IMO there is some masking of detail and/or transparency with bybee filters and it is also additive. Perhaps 1 pair are good, but 2 are not necessarily better. Quality of AC may be important as well. I have done much to improve the quality of my power (dedicated circuits, upgraded power outlets, ps audio ultimate outlets, PS300, segregated digital and analog, power cords) and perhaps the additive effects of bybees makes things worse. My recommendation for those considering bybees is be careful, buy 1 pair at a time and listen closely as each pair is added. I believe they are best on AC ins and much less useful, perhaps harmful elsewhere. Of course your milleage may vary. Also you may want to read what others have said concerning bybees at some of the other forums.
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rhyno
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that's consistent w/ what i've heard. on AC, a no brainer, but elsewhere it might not be an improvement...then again, it might.
rhyno
twl OP
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Sns, I'm sorry to hear that you had trouble with the Bybees. I've heard these accounts from others, but I did not experience the same result. Mine work great. My system is ultra revealing. It consists of a Sony DVP-S9000ES SACD/CD player direct input to a David Berning MicroZOTL with NOS tubes running direct to single-driver Fostex TL speaker system. This system has huge amounts of "air" and detail. If I lost any with the Bybees, I sure didn't notice it. I specifically payed attention to air, detail, soundstage, imaging, and musically emotional involvement, as these are things I read about before trying the Bybees out. These are the only pair I ever heard, but I like them. With the inclusion of the Bybees, all I have between the output tubes and the drivers is 3 meters of speaker cable(and now the Bybees). I don't know why some systems respond differently than others. It seems strange. The ones I got were the discontinued ones with the Nordost SPM cable pigtail and Cardas spades and Cardas Gold binding posts.
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