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Originally Posted by John N  I know this is an old thread but I'm trying to resurrect for any new opinions on this piece?
I'm particularly interested in the tube/fet hybrid model. Of all the clips on this thread I liked the hybrid best. The FET only was maybe a little too analytical...?
But with the transformer and feedback switch options they both seem pretty versatile. "EarsAreFree" seemed to like it better than the original V72 on everything but elec guitar - but even there it was very close.
So, all in all, would you folks consider this a very versatile pre? - and what would you say its major strengths were? Acoustic instruments? Vocals?
And if you happen to know how it compares sonically to a DAV BG1 that would be great.
Thanks
John N |
John,
Sorry, I have been to swamped to get on recently. For an update, once we got the replacement second unit in and fired up it sounded the same as the unit we were trying to replace. After several phone calls and some scratching of the heads it seems that Triton replaced a component on the newer run of the D2O and it significantly changed the sound. It changed the sound enough that we decided it wasn't what we were looking for and send both units back. We have since purchased the Mercury M72s and have be extremely happy with is as a replacement for our vintage v72s. Since we had already sold off our vintage units we have no way of doing an accurate shootout but the consensus is that we like the Mercury pres better than the vintage units we had.
Hope that helps you out.
-Jason