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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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I will certainly vouch for the Dodd battery preamp as well. I have been through a ton of preamps (owned), heard a few others, and even tried running sources direct to amp; the Dodd has me entirely satisified to a point that I am no longer looking for "more"!

I think Pj has it right....the latest config does use all four batts at the same time, and the run time is really, really long (> 20hrs.), while the charge time is short.

Agree with 'tomb above, it is a great preamp, easily customized sonics depending on the tubes used.
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