A Few Words on Bottlehead

Posted by arturo7 (A) on December 21, 2005 at 22:38:36

This evening I completed construction of a Bottlehead Seduction phono pre-amp. Total assembly time for me was about 14 hours. I worked very slowly and very meticulously, double and triple checking every step before proceeding to the next. I had one minor glitch, a component installed backwards, that I discovered and corrected while taking the final readings.

I hooked the Seduction into my system, put a disc on the platter, dropped the needle and, presto... there was Mingus, sounding better than ever. Wow.

Before I bought the kit I had zero experience soldering. The kit has a great manual and the Bottlehead site has excellent tutorials. I didn't need to use the forum. As suggested, I did some practicing when I got the soldering station.

This baby sounds great! The DIY aspect of this pre-amp is nothing to fear.

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Topic - A Few Words on Bottlehead - arturo7 22:38:36 12/21/05 (10)

Re: A Few Words on Bottlehead (and other sponsers) - jtsjf 11:51:54 12/22/05 (0)

Mingus! Why would anyone in their right mind choose Mingus as a first LP? - Muzikmike 08:40:56 12/22/05 (2)

possibly Mal on piano, or Tadd Curson on trumpet, or maybe Dolphy. nt - OMalley 11:26:22 12/22/05 (0)

Ah Um - arturo7 10:10:15 12/22/05 (0)

Re: A Few Words on Bottlehead - Fred J 01:41:01 12/22/05 (4)

Schematic - arturo7 08:04:36 12/22/05 (0)

No Schematics - rockinjoep 04:17:29 12/22/05 (2)

Second - Paully 06:42:14 12/22/05 (0)

Re: No Schematics - Fred J 04:56:50 12/22/05 (0)

Re: Congrats! I have one on the way along with some paramour 2A3 mono blocks. - SirAnthony 01:00:31 12/22/05 (0)

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