Yaquin cd-1 tube buffer question

laotzu61
laotzu61 Posts: 327
edited August 2013 in Electronics
is this puppy as good as it proclaims to be as far as providing "tube-like" sound. I would be interested
in putting one between the pre and power amp. thanks.
"The symbol is not the reality"
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  • 98Badger
    98Badger Posts: 317
    edited August 2013
    Short answer....No. I owned one for a short time. It was not a good fit for my system. Smoothed out the highs, but muddied up the mids and bass in my system. I later had a Rogue Audio preamp that gave me a much better feel for what tubes are about.
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  • trav0810
    trav0810 Posts: 1,056
    edited August 2013
    I have a yaqin CD-3. I did not care for it between my amp and my pre, but I really like it between my CDP and my pre. I liked it enough in that capacity that I kept it over the Bada tube CD player I bought.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited August 2013
    It will not make your non-tubes sound like tubes, but it can improve the sound if you have an impedance mismatches between equipment.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,450
    edited August 2013
    laotzu61 wrote: »
    is this puppy as good as it proclaims to be as far as providing "tube-like" sound. I would be interested
    in putting one between the pre and power amp. thanks.
    I have a CD2 works good between my amp and pre. I recommend some of these THEY ARE TO DIE FOR!!!
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/310717276975?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
    bought some from this very seller super fast shipping and very good tubes. you can get the same tubes from USA seller for 40.00. I liked the 14.00 so much I bought 6 pair all matched.
    So far i have used JAN GE,Siemans and Tung-Sol. The Russian tubes have it all great bass wonderful mid range and crystal clear highs.
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  • laotzu61
    laotzu61 Posts: 327
    edited August 2013
    trav0810 wrote: »
    I have a yaqin CD-3. I did not care for it between my amp and my pre, but I really like it between my CDP and my pre. I liked it enough in that capacity that I kept it over the Bada tube CD player I bought.

    I have a parasound hca-1200 amp and hafler dh-110 pre. I don't think I have an impedence match problem. they're connected
    to rta12b's. and thanks for all the input.
    "The symbol is not the reality"
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  • laotzu61
    laotzu61 Posts: 327
    edited August 2013
    zingo wrote: »
    It will not make your non-tubes sound like tubes, but it can improve the sound if you have an impedance mismatches between equipment.

    oops. wrong quote in my last post. should have been this one. the parasound is 4 ohm rated, which is what I need for the rta12b's,
    which are 4 ohm speakers.
    "The symbol is not the reality"
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