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How good is the Dodd battery powered preamp ?

I heard an early sample from Jan 07 and it was spooky with the superb s/n ratio and dead quiet background voices are Real and instruments have a nice woody tone ,or brassy real trumpet sound, and the Bass was very tight and fast. The review that was in 10 audio was a sample only running 2 of the 4 batterys all new models run 4 in series for unlimited current on demand , also the review sample provided from a dealer named in the review
is of little knowledge in electronics, the preamp had less than 60 hours on it ,therefore the teflon -Sonicaps were
not even close to be run in, no wonder the bass was a little shy .Wake up guys before you test any product make sure is has at least 200 hours on it to give the product a fair evaluation.
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mrjstark
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TVC or Resistence preamp?
I will be interested in your commparison.
Give Dodd some time to burn-in its Sonicaps. Word on the street is that they need 500h or more but 100-200 should get you 95% there.

Cheers
Mariusz
pubul57
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The "New" BENT is like a TVC but it uses a autoformer (by Slagle) instead of a transformer. I am very interested in comparing these two as I buy into the idea of being off the grid -- question is, is there an advantage to building additonal gain only to attentuate it. The BENT is outstanding and have chosen it after having CAT, LAMM, ARC, and Joule tube actives - so it certainly competes with some fine tube pres. I wonder if much of what I like is being off the grid (plus minimal parts and no ciruitry to build gain). Both my amps (Music Reference RM9 SE and the Atma-sphere M-60s are transparent/neutral types so I think I'll be rolling some Amperex or Mullards in the Dodd for just a touch of warmth, etc. I'll let you know when I get a few days with.
mrjstark
1,112 posts
 
Sounds good
and keep us posted.

(I believe a lot of Dodd's or Isabella's performance has to do with excellent separation, low floor-noise and last but not least - pollutionless battery operation)

Cheers
Mariusz
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swampwalker
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Any thoughts on teh Dodd vs. the line stage in a VAC Ren Mk2 (not Sig)?
pubul57
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I'm not sure if Maruisz has heard the VAC, I haven't, but I should be able to compare it with the Joule LA150 MKII, my most recent tube pre. I'm waiting for a pair of Amperex D-Getters (6dj8s or 6922s) from VTS before getting into comparisons. I suspect the circuit is very revelaing of the tubes in circuit.
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