Bybee Speaker Bullets?


Bybee Golden Goddess "Super Effect" Speaker Bullets...
$4200.00... Tweak or bona fide upgrade?

Was wondering if anybody has had the opportunity or deep pockets to try this particular tweak,and if so ,would love to hear your opinion,impression, or any other comments.

TIA...
aolmrd1241

Showing 4 responses by rkmcv

Mike Garner has them at tweekgeek.com.
I was bowled over by the Bybee Super Effect products.
We used the bullets on the topend of NHT V3T speakers.
This was a clear wow with A/B on and off for clarity and
space and smoothness.
I guess if it doesn't sound different than it isn't worth the price of admission. IMHO, YMMV.
See my audiogon review of the Ultra.PowerCord for further thoughts and details on a similar product.
Rod
Oh ,also,
The New Grand Veena has one
Super Effect Bybee Module
in each speaker, on the mid range and tweeter I think.
Spectron has a new factory upgrade
on the current Musician 3SE
with 2 SuperEffect Bybee and one regular Bybee module in the Amp.
These are OEM of course as the SuperEffect Bybee module is not available for diy.
Rod
I wonder if certain transducers respond better to the Bybee Effect?
I've only used them on the speakers mentioned above so far (and in my review) and I think most reports are on "conventional transducers".
Note that Jack Bybee feels the Super Effect modules are at least 4x more effective then previous products.

Are electrostics less effected or less revealing of the Grunge/distortion that the Bybee's purport to diminish; 1/f ?
No argument, good discussion.
I too felt a cynicism about the Bybees before I tested them.
I should note that I have no experience with any Bybee product except the Super Effect modules found in the Ultra Power Cord and the Speaker Bullets. I am not a dealer, just a music enthusiast.

I shared the bullets and power cord with a well experienced audiofile here in Albuquerque. He is a diyer, having built a set of Orions and matched sub woofers, and later fabulous sounding line arrays.

We tried them in and out; at various points in the signal line on various speakers, equipment, and music. He told me each time, each trial his system had never sounded better.

Frank is more of a skeptic than I am about fads and tweeks;
experienced in the field for more then twenty years.

My experience is that of a musician with ear training from a very early age, and performance for many years into adult hood. I play French Horn, currently renewing with my Classic Guitar, and dabbling with the Bag Pipes.
My skepticisim is based on what I hear; ears I find very trustworthy.

I hear a difference that is important to my ears when listening critically as a musician and just for simple relaxation.

I have spoken to one of Jack"s early Beta testers who told me that he and friends find the difference to persist to a point that has allowed them to sell off high cost interconnects and speaker cables and maintain a purity of sound that is still better then higher cost systems without the Bybee.

Dick Oshler has a review and explanation of the Speaker Bullets in the June/July TAS; worth the read.

I think the critical ears of the designer of the Reference 3A Grand Veena included the SE Bybee for a reason in spite of price. Note: only one per speaker direct wired inside.

Just some humble thoughts,
I hope others can try them for themselves,
watch for used here on agon to cut the cost,maybe.

Rod