Batteries vs. Power Chord

[JimmyPageTone]

I am receiving a Honey Bee in the mail soon. I was wondering the following:

a) What is the audible difference with the HB and other BJFE pedals when using batteries vs. a 9V power chord.
b) Which batteries sound best for the HB?

Thank you everyone.

[thiscalltoarms]

I have never noticed a difference. That doesn't mean there isn't one in all cases, but I like my honey bee just much with batteries as plugged in. I have a VL pp2+, but I've had it on my small board before with a 1spot and i didn't notice any difference there either.

[Donner]

right theres no real difference with batt/ac ............ but the distortions can get fatter and furrier as t he voltage drops on a dying battery - down around 6v can be very tasty.......

so maybe get an ac with a variable tap...

[mrpicard]

so maybe get an ac with a variable tap...

You know, that would be quite handy to use to wind a pedal up to 18V as well... Maybe a variable AC power supply could make an excellent effects pedal in its own right? You know, use it to kick in and out different AC levels to existing pedals.

[Donner]

Yeah Ive always wondered about that, either having a loop that would change t he voltage - or like a volume pedal that varied the voltage.... both woud be cool not sure if that would damage the circuits...

[Eskimo_Joe]

I used to have an Analagman Sunface and that thing sounded great with a dying battery. I wonder if anyone has ever thought of marketing dying batteries to musicians? You could probably even get a premium. That's it, I'm contacting Energizer (St. Louis based).