Bybee Technologies SE Interconnect Bullets Phono/Interconnect Gold or SE version

PRICE REDUCED FOR RELIST (was asking $900) These are superior to current offerings due to not having been built to a price point. Just the best Jack could come up with.
Price is for one or the other. SE Interconnect Bullets are long discontinued due to their costly manufacture. This pair is surplus to my needs due to lack of space for them between my Constellation Centaur and front wall. The gold version pair has been sitting unused since I bought three pairs of the SE. The Gold version had a higher retail ($2500) because of higher gold content. If your system is a bit bright the Gold would fit better. The SE has been a wonderful sonic improvement even when tonality, timber and frequency are ideal YMMV. I'll P/U Paypal and shipping at asking. (831)375-7061 leave a message as we get bombarded by telemarketers [email protected] 7/10 for age. "Positive Feedback ISSUE 60

march/april 2012

bybee SE Phono and Interconnect Bullets

as reviewed by Robert H. Levi

 

There is no slowing down

for Jack Bybee, the octogenarian physicist and audiophile, when it comes
to inventing breakthrough accessories. He holds numerous patents, mostly
classified by government order, that have transformed many an audio
system and submarine alike.

I recently reported on his gold phono bullets that refined
and very nearly perfected moving coil and moving magnet phono
cartridges. Unfortunately, due to the price of gold, the primary metal used in the
bullets, they were not produced in quantity,
and last sold for $2500 per pair. Now Jack has developed a new alloy, one with
little gold, which is even better than the previous bullets,
and can be used at other locations in your system as well as your phono
section. These are now available and will be sold direct by Jack Bybee
for $2100 per pair... a (relative)

steal of a deal!

Description

The new Bybee SE Phono and Interconnect Bullets are
compact four-inch-long cylinders, including the connectors. They are solidly terminated
with a female RCA connector at the input end and a male RCA connector at
the output end. They weigh about six ounces,
and are cry'od to the lowest temperature available. They have a silver band at the
input end, but otherwise look the same as the older gold bullet,
which sports a gold band. They are designed to be ultra-flexible and to be used where ever you want in the system circuit.
Neither voltage nor amperage matters at all. Break-in is fifty hours in a
high-level circuit, such as being
plugged
into your amp or preamp. After break-in, use in the phono circuit or
anywhere else will be revelatory!

The New Bybees

The earlier gold bullets are almost flawless, except for
the price, but are eclipsed by the new Bybee SE Bullets for one main
reason: they
are truly 100% neutral. I did not hear the slight warmth and golden glow
of the original bullets until I auditioned the new production. Whether
used as phono bullets or interconnect attachments to your preamp or amp,
they reduce noise dramatically, provide a much blacker background, and
clarify frequencies from mid-band to deepest bass. They do their amazing
job and then just get out of the way of the music.

Placed between your tone arm cables and phono stage, the
Bybee SE Bullets will rock your world. The amount of special distortion
called "1/f" distortion (y=1/f, or "one over f", a formula that
is classified, but which Bybee says is critical in audio)

created by phono cartridges is huge. Every time two pieces of metal are
joined via solder or clamp, 1/f distortion is generated. Only Bybee
filters eliminate it, and nothing else that I've experienced.
With Grado, Koetsu, or Dynavector cartridges, the improvement is
gigantic. You hear better and more detailed mids and bass, more
definition, and more dynamic slam.... all this and blacker backgrounds,
too. It matters not whether you use a tube or solid state phono stage,
the improvement is extraordinary. (Of course, if your cables are balanced from your tone arm, you are out
of luck.)

I have never heard phono that has the solidity,
definition, and low noise of master tapes, but this is what the Bybee SE
Bullets do. Phono becomes an experience you thought already maxed out in
your top notch rig, and yet here it is. How do you think the Navy can detect
the kind of ships, direction of travel, and their speed from 3000 miles away? Now apply this technology to phono
reproduction. You will be stunned.

The new Bybee SE Bullets are designed to be added to any
single-ended interconnect of any brand,
and work their magic with both low-level
and high-level sources. I think they are the most brilliant
indispensable addition ever in low-level source
use, and merely excellent in high-level
applications. I tried them feeding amplifiers and preamps with
superior results. Though not as earth shaking as when used with
cartridges, the refinement that results,
along with added definition and quietude, is worth the money.

The best part of Bybee's invention is it adds nothing on
its own. They are completely colorless. You will only know the
improvement by the improved musical production of the system preceding
the bullets.

Would I buy them if I had no phono? Yes. The
quantity of
the improvement in high-level use is so unique and refined that once
you've
heard it, the effect
cannot be
forgotten. The bullets are very robust and can be moved about as you
like. You could also buy more than one pair. I tried them with Kimber
Interconnects, Kubala-Sosna, CRL, and Jorma brands, and always heard
improvements. The kind of distortion the
bullets are designed to remove cannot be removed by the interconnects
on
their own, regardless of price. Jack says all Bybee filters are
additive in the
quality of improvement, so even if you buy interconnects containing
Bybee filters
built in, the new bullets will improve them still further. I have
heard that effect with Jorma Prime cables containing Bybee filters,
as they progressed even further with the Bybee Bullets added to them.
They became more refined and dynamic; a notable
accomplishment, since the baseline Jorma Prime is no slouch.

I even put one bullet on an S/PDIF
cable and heard smoother, less grainy digital as a result. This fix may
not be universal as there may be impedance issues. However, the
improvement was undeniable in my system. With so much gear being connected digitally these days,
the Bybee Bullets may be extremely useful in this application. You
should try it. Try them also with your high-end FM tuner. The effects
can be amazing, with more definition and less grain and distortion
in the listening. I was never disappointed by the new bullets wherever I
tried them!"