bongo preamp question: why 18V?

[shakinbacon]

Fresh bongoloid here with another question for the experts

Was the Bongo preamp made 18V because the signal is much hotter with the eq flat than other basses in the lineup? Or was it because the EQ is that much more powerful and the headroom was required.

I'm not complaining, just curious

P.S. The tonal options are very, very impressive

 

[Busterkilrain]

I'm kinda a new Bongoloid to and I'm pretty sure Big Poppa said they just couldn't believe how great the preamp sounded when hooked up to 18v.
Brent

 

[patobrujo]

i don't know why they did it this way... but i'm sure it was a really good choice

 

[syciprider]

Because they are still working on the 27 volt preamp.

 

[Sonnyonbass]

Most of the times more IS better. 18 is more than 9 so.... Figures

 

[Busterkilrain]

Because they are still working on the 27 volt preamp.

That's awesome!
Brent

 

[SharonG]

Because why use a ball-peen when you can do it with a sledgehammer?!

 

[scottbass71]

From my nerdy electronics back ground you can get more output swing from using 2 supplies (9V x 2) than 9v, also I think it increases the bandwidth of the op amp that is used in the circuit ( but I could be wrong I need to brush up on my op amp theory)

 

[strummer]

Because why use a ball-peen when you can do it with a sledgehammer?!

Sharon nails it (gah...)

 

[Basscake]

"These go to eleven!"


18V gives you heaps more headroom.

There are some mediocre preamps on the market that will produce a distorted Sound when you dail in an ample boost and dig in a bit harder.
-->Not desireable.

Very unlikely to happen on a 18V (or a decent 9V preamp, for that matter)