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WBT Nextgens

Hi audiogoners; does anyone out there have any experience with the new WBT Nextgen female rca sockets? I use silver eichman bullet plugs on my valhallas and am looking for a high performance chassis socket to use with them. The silver nextgens would appear to fit the bill however they are expensive and i wanted to get some feedback first. thanks mark
colesey
colesey OP
24 posts
 
In case anyone's thinking about doing this, I can confirm that the results were indeed worthwhile. I put a pair of the silver wbt jacks into my rogue amp at the weekend and there was a definite improvement in transparency and palpability. the dac's going back to the manufacturer shortly for a blackgate cap conversion and they'll fit the second pair. the only caveat i'd note is that you need to be careful inserting the eichmann bullet plugs so as not to displace the central section of the jack.
s23chang
617 posts
 
The question would be: How much improvement over the older 201E model? I got the same result using the regular ones so I'm not sure spending 2 times more is worth a while.
ash2459a276
22 posts
 
A technician at the local DIY parts supplier/modder THL Audio told me one customer had replaced his older WBT socket with the silver NextGen and found the improvement worthwhile. It's for S/PDIF application though.
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