Op Doepely? Rev B.4

Nobody is perfect!  But, I'm trying to make the best darn compressor I possibly can and I'm not stopping till... will I ever? lol.  Actually there has been one thing bugging me about the Op-2 since day one and since Rev B. its become far more obvious.  Strangely, its not something anyone other than me seems to care about.  Distortion.  Its subtle, but its there and certain settings bring it out more.  I have been wresting it lately with various sub-revisions.  It seemed like some pedals would be less "hairy" than others.  I tried everything I could think of to reduce the background distortion.  I can now say that was most likely just variances in vacuum tubes, but the hair was still there to some audible degree.   

Today I had some free time (the rarity akin to that of a solar eclipse).  I used it to tinker with an Op-2 I was building.  I loaded the circuit into a computer simulation, which I never did for the Op-2 before.  That's the sort of program I use for designing high end studio gear.  A wise choice.  It told me why the distortion exists and how to reduce it.  Simple update really.  Only a couple resistor values changed, but the level of THD (total harmonic distortion) went way down.  Serial #045 is the first with this update.  If anyone with a revision B pedal wants this mod, its actually super simple so the cost of shipping will be your biggest expense and its not much if you live in the USA.  One thing I'd like to point out is that the overall tone of the pedal has not really changed much.  It still has the same general tone, but with less fizz/hair in the background.  In my opinion, that makes it sound better.  Its cleaner, but not less toneful - in my opinion.  I think this is a very flavorful device and now more useful than ever!  Can it get better?  I don't know, but my biggest issue with it has been overcome.