Dubs Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 What’s the difference between the new and old versions of the BDDI? Today I’ve had the chance to A/B them and they’re definitely not the same – if both are set with the same control values they sound completely different. However, you can definitely make them sound very similar, so similar in fact that you probably won’t be able to tell which is which. I’m just interested if anyone knows why they’re different or how they’re different and why they modified the design? For reference, here are some pictures: [attachment=18722:DSC02039.JPG] [attachment=18723:DSC02040.JPG] Old on the left– New on the right (for both pictures). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I was simply told 'The electronics have been improved' by one of the tech guys. There's certainly a difference in the switching/ bypass circuitry and the newer version has additional gain stages for the line level/ instrument level output. I've not had either open to take a look at, so unfortunately couldn't comment further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Glad they've got a proper battery compartment on the new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 [quote name='Merton' post='382125' date='Jan 16 2009, 10:50 AM']Glad they've got a proper battery compartment on the new one [/quote] Yeah it’s a good thing if I was ever going to run it with a battery, but I’m not, so basically I have to have battery cap/compartment lid (whatever you want to call it) off all the time after I apply some Velcro because the battery lid has a 1 or 2mm lip that would stop the Velcro attaching flat to a carpeted surface. Seeing as how many players apply Velcro to the bottom of their pedals for them to be used with a carpeted pedalboard, I think the battery compartment could have been designed better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Good point - didn't think of that as I've just demolished my pedal board in favour of a smaller case to carry to gigs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escholl Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 [quote name='benwhiteuk' post='382176' date='Jan 16 2009, 11:40 AM']Yeah it’s a good thing if I was ever going to run it with a battery, but I’m not, so basically I have to have battery cap/compartment lid (whatever you want to call it) off all the time after I apply some Velcro because the battery lid has a 1 or 2mm lip that would stop the Velcro attaching flat to a carpeted surface. Seeing as how many players apply Velcro to the bottom of their pedals for them to be used with a carpeted pedalboard, I think the battery compartment could have been designed better.[/quote] The programmable version has got little feet on it like the old one in your photos, so the velcro thing isn't an issue with the battery compartment -- i wonder why they didn't do that on the new version you've got there? Well, hang on to the old one for a few more years, and then sell it to some nut as an "original, vintage" version for 5 times what you paid for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I noticed the same thing when solo'd under lab conditions, but in the real world the difference was neglegible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulfinger Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 [quote name='escholl' post='382764' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:50 PM']The programmable version has got little feet on it like the old one in your photos, so the velcro thing isn't an issue with the battery compartment -- i wonder why they didn't do that on the new version you've got there?[/quote] I have the current version and it does have the rubber feet. Or rather doesn´t ATM. I took them off because they got in the way of the velcro (while the battery lid was not an issue). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Get an EBS Microbass II! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 [quote name='escholl' post='382764' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:50 PM']The programmable version has got little feet on it like the old one in your photos, so the velcro thing isn't an issue with the battery compartment -- i wonder why they didn't do that on the new version you've got there?[/quote] I took the feet off the new one before I took the pictures, no idea why I did this though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 [quote name='bass_ferret' post='382933' date='Jan 17 2009, 12:06 AM']Get an EBS Microbass II![/quote] But the new one or the old one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 They've probably also changed the paramaters that the knobs effect. In other words: diddled with it to make the "best" settings easier to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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