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Post by zensen on Mar 4, 2021 18:34:32 GMT
Hi all, this is my first post so please be gentle with me.
In 2006 I bought an X-10V3 tube buffer. I had seen a mag write-up that said it made a substantial improvement to the sound of the XDACV3 and XPSU which I already had. I then read reports (Some on this forum) of it damaging amplifiers if not allowed to stabilise properly and as I had fairly high end amplification I was too scared to use it but kept it anyway. Having forgotten about it for years it appeared while I was tidying up and my question is this.
The instructions say switch it on, on its own, leave it to stabilise for 30 secs or so and then switch your other components on with your amp last. The XPSU is designed to have the DAC and Tube buffer connected to it at the same time and it's only the XPSU which has an on off switch, not the dac or buffer. This means when you switch the XPSU on both the dac and buffer will power up at the same time so the buffer is not being switched on, on its own. Is this likely to damage anything. Hope this doesn't sound too stupid and any advice is appreciated.
Cheers
John |
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Post by PinkFloyd on Mar 7, 2021 20:24:46 GMT
Hi all, this is my first post so please be gentle with me.
In 2006 I bought an X-10V3 tube buffer. I had seen a mag write-up that said it made a substantial improvement to the sound of the XDACV3 and XPSU which I already had. I then read reports (Some on this forum) of it damaging amplifiers if not allowed to stabilise properly and as I had fairly high end amplification I was too scared to use it but kept it anyway. Having forgotten about it for years it appeared while I was tidying up and my question is this.
The instructions say switch it on, on its own, leave it to stabilise for 30 secs or so and then switch your other components on with your amp last. The XPSU is designed to have the DAC and Tube buffer connected to it at the same time and it's only the XPSU which has an on off switch, not the dac or buffer. This means when you switch the XPSU on both the dac and buffer will power up at the same time so the buffer is not being switched on, on its own. Is this likely to damage anything. Hope this doesn't sound too stupid and any advice is appreciated.
Cheers
John Hi John, Absolute nonsense mate (welcome to the forum, by the way) the MF manual states: "Plug the AC connector lead from the power supply unit into the X-10 V3’s inlet socket, and plug the power supply itself into a convenient wall mains outlet. The blue LED on the front panel will light to confirm the unit is ready for use. Allow a minute or so for the valves (tubes) to warm up, then sit back and enjoy the music." It's basically saying "give the X-10V3 a couple of minutes to warm up before expecting the best sonic performance from it"....... no way, whatsoever, will it damage your amp........ connect everything up and switch everything on, as you usually do, the X-10V3 buffer won't damage a thing mate...... it "can't"  All the best, Mike. |
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