Vampire RCA chassic connectors in Europe?

Anyone know where/if you can get Vampire RCA chassis connectors in Europe? I'm specifically after the CM2F/CB model.

The reason I specifically want those is that I want to add another input to my preamp and the existing RCAs are all of that type so I wanted them to match for purely aesthetic reasons.

Ordering direct from the US will incur duty and VAT etc unfortunately.

Otherwise I guess I'll have to "make do" with some WBT 201s.

Michael.

 

cant help with the vampire ones, but how much are the WBT sockets?

 

They're an eye-watering 35 euros (about £25) each (from LC Audio) :cry: .

Michael.

 

/cough

Ill stick with what i have thanks!

 

Michael,

get the WBT 0210. Worth it.

 

Markus, the WBT 0210 is the "nextgen" socket isn't it? Can you use them with normal RCA plugs? I'll see if I can get them locally. No doubt they'll be even more expensive than the 201

Michael.

 

You can use them with normal plugs. For full effect, you'll need the Nextgen plugs, but you'll switch over to them eventually anyway.

For fun, you could install a set of Nextgen sockets, make up a cable with Nextgen plugs and compare these between your Dac and your pre with a "normal" arrangement. Audible.

Measurable effects, too, I'm told.

 

Interesting. I might try that out. All the cables I use have Eichmann Bullet plugs on them already which is where WBT stole their Nextgen idea from anyway so switching to Nextgen plugs may not have such a difference

Michael.

 

Well, I went for the WBT nextgen (0210) sockets, mainly because they were the only ones they had in the shop and they were worth a shot, even if they are €20 each!

My pre now has a 3rd RCA input - wahay! Hurdle no.1 in getting a TT has been crossed.

After soldering the wires to those fiddly Seiden switches in my pre I'm VERY glad I bought the pre ready assembled. Soldering 2 inputs was bad enough but soldering the dozens of wires involved in the whole pre would be enough to test the patience of a saint.

I'm using the new input at the moment with my DAC just to test it but it's rather late so I can't play at the levels required to say definitively whether there's any difference but I seriously doubt there will be.

Michael.