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    Got this today

    This just arrived; it’s the new Bent Audio “Tap Passive Preamp”. Utilizing British designed and built Stevens & Billington transformer technology, it represents the latest in passive preamp design. This is there top of the line model. My curiosity about passive line stages was heightened while experimenting and eliminating the preamp and eq on my system. I ordered this a couple of weeks later.

    I will have some time to try it out this weekend before the other Deqx arrives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Pachkowsky
    This just arrived; it’s the new Bent Audio “Tap Passive Preamp”. Utilizing British designed and built Stevens & Billington transformer technology, it represents the latest in passive preamp design. This is there top of the line model. My curiosity about passive line stages was heightened while experimenting and eliminating the preamp and eq on my system. I ordered this a couple of weeks later.

    I will have some time to try it out this weekend before the other Deqx arrives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Pachkowsky
    My curiosity about passive line stages was heightened while experimenting and eliminating the preamp and eq on my system. I ordered this a couple of weeks later.
    As I recall you have already tried passives and found them not to your taste... remember the Adcom?

    As I recall you liked it better in active mode but it never quite sounded like your Apt preamp or the Tad tube job...

    A passive should do nothing... maybe this one will do more nothing than the Adcom.


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    Quote Originally Posted by edgewound
    Somebody help this man....he's out of control....
    Well, then there is that.


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    Hi Ken,

    Viewing those pics, I just can't keep quiet about what I might expect as a
    British ad slogan for the firm:

    "Get Bent, or get bent!"

    (intended for potential humor value only)

    Will be interesting to hear what you think you hear

    -grumpy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Widget
    As I recall you have already tried passives and found them not to your taste... remember the Adcom?

    As I recall you liked it better in active mode but it never quite sounded like your Apt preamp or the Tad tube job...

    A passive should do nothing... maybe this one will do more nothing than the Adcom.


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    Thats true, I was not very impressed with the Adcom 750's. I did try 3 of them.

    They may have had a bypass mode but it was a whole different technology from these. That being said, maybe I won't like this either.

    Its hooked up as I write this. I will post my impressions tomorrow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by grumpy
    Hi Ken,

    Viewing those pics, I just can't keep quiet about what I might expect as a
    British ad slogan for the firm:

    "Get Bent, or get bent!"

    -grumpy
    I agree...

    It is nicely built with a unique look. The acrylic base is quite heavy. The switches and knobs have a solid, smooth and high quality feel.

    Ken

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    Looks nice, includes balanced ins/outs... tapped autotransformer?
    should be quiet, at least.

    -grumpy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Pachkowsky
    I did try 3 of them.
    That's certainly dedication...

    I would assume that if your Bent unit is operating properly it should be sonically the same as running your CD player direct... but then that should have been true of the Adcom as well.

    Yes, please do tell how it "sounds".


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    Photo

    Here she be installed

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Pachkowsky
    Thats true, I was not very impressed with the Adcom 750's. I did try 3 of them.



    Ken
    Did you have them plugged in? (sorry could not resist..joke ).

    Ken, I am confused and miffed that you have keeping such a financially low profile. Alas I have also moved on!

    I would suggest both the Adcom and the other preamp were both just different since you appear now to prefer no preamp.

    Incidentally a passive preamp is not NO PREAMP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian Mackenzie
    Did you have them plugged in? (sorry could not resist..joke ).
    I thing I had them plugged in . Seriously, it was suggested by one member that there may have been something wrong with the first 750. After trying 3 of them I came to the conclusion they did not marry well with my system.

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    While I understand the purpose and intent of such devices, I can't get over them being called preamps-which is nothing more than a flat-out lie. The term 'passive preamp' is as big an oxymoron as "Microsoft Works". Can't help but feel that anyone who'd lie about what it is they're selling would....well....lie about what it is they're selling.

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    Talking Ken

    FWIW, it's a cool looking thing, and it gets style points for that. The Web site is interesting, too.

    While others are tugging at your trousers, I applaud your intrepid pursuit of excellence and can't wait to hear your impressions.

    My mantra in life is "I can do better than that." No matter what I've done, where I've gone, or how I've experienced something, I always believe I can improve it. At the same time, I take Clint Eastwood's line, "A man's got to know his limitations" to heart as well. That's why I buy most of my audio gear rather than try to make it, though I may try to tweak the f out of it after I get it. Finally, I subscribe to the "Variety is the spice of life" school of thought, so I don't ever expect to have the "final" or "perfect" of anything; thus I'll keep trying and sampling as long as I can.

    I think in those respects, you and I share a common outlook, and, as I wrote, "I applaud your intrepid pursuit of excellence" wherever it may take you.
    Out.

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    Adcom must havd had a QA problem then.

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