Allright, I gave up the integrated search. I kept reading about the Dodd pre, and the more I thought about it, the more battery power seemed brilliant.
So I bought one from Wally - but it arrived with the battery sensing circuit beeping non stop. It worked and sounded wonderful - but with quite a bit of background noise (beep...beeep...beep...). Anyway, Wally and Gary Dodd COULD NOT have been better, and it's on the way back to me now. So no changes to the Bryston for a while - I need to burn in and listen listen listen before any more changes. Ah, no rest for the weary.
