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If you have been wanting to hear the sound of vacuum tubes in your home hifi, the Mars Buffer will do the trick.

Priced at R4 900 it is a useful device with many applications.

from the web:

"A tube buffer is basically a passive pre that allows you to introduce a tube sound to the signal and can be used in line with a solid state preamp either before or after that preamp. So if you are attached to a certain solid state device that gives gain but want to try adding tubes, a tube buffer allows you to experiment."

Our design uses a minimum of components for maximum transparency and a common mode rejection power supply for very low noise floor.

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Specification:

  • The gain on the buffer is Unity Gain.
  • 6 Step Attenuator with 12dB steps to reduce gain from high output DAC's and CD players. (a regular volume pot can be used on request)
  • ECC88 or 6922 dual triode.
  • upgrade option: 6SN7GT dual triode (R1000 extra on price).
  • single polypropylene capacitor in signal chain.
  • point to point wiring with teflon coated hookup wire.
  • 140mm wide, 140mm high and 200mm deep.
  • tube cover optional (contact us for details).
 
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