A little help identifying please

[Jasonb]

Hi all, apologies if this is a dumb question.
I found this Bottlehead preamp for sale near me, it is misidentified as PT-1 because the power transformer has that part number. I scoured the Bottlehead site but I can’t find this one. What am I looking at here? Possible value?
Thanks !

[Paul Joppa]

That's Seduction, a phono preamp. It was introduced in 2002, and upgraded in 2003 with the PT-1 and the C4S - the narrow PC board. The signal-carrying caps appear to have been upgraded by the builder.

It was discontinued in 2007, around the time Eros was introduced, but resurrected  in 2014 under the name Reduction, revised as version 1.1 in 2020, and discontinued it 2023.

[Jasonb]

Fantastic, thank you! Any idea on value? And is it something worth pursuing or discontinued for good reason…

[Paul Joppa]

It was my second design for Bottlehead, so of course I think it was great  :^)

 I'm still proud of the design, but it was the wrong product at the wrong time and never really caught on. It's not a collectable.

[Paul Birkeland]

Possible value?

If it didn't have those toggle switches installed, probably $350-400.  If you are able to get a straight answer on why they are there, then maybe not too much less than that.  If you can't get an answer regarding the switches, then maybe more like $200.

[Jasonb]

Thank you very much, gentleman. Much appreciated. It is a pretty little thing. I’ll see what’s going on with the toggle switches.

[Paul Birkeland]

Looking more closely, this is no longer an RIAA preamp, so definitely keep that in mind when purchasing.

[Jasonb]

Thanks, Paul, I guess I’ll pass then. Who knows what all has been done to this one