ICs for Supratek Pre


I am expecting my Supratek Chardoney to arrive in the next month or so and had a question for Supratek owners regarding ICs between pre and amp. My amp is a Bryston 4BSST and Bryston recommends balanced inputs; Mick is putting balanced outs on the Chardoney (I doubt these are truly balanced), but recommends RCAs. I realize that I will likely have to compare to determine what sounds better, but I was hoping for some advice on what the better bet is when faced with this situation. Thanks.
boschtb

Showing 1 response by tok20000

You are getting probably one of the top 10 home preamps on the planet, and you are using a Bryston amp....

Man, I would think about moving up in the realm of amplification. I will not say Bryston is not good, but their are better amps out there, and another amp may match the Supratek preamp better than the Bryston.

But who knows? You may be in love with the Bryston. It may drive your speakers better than most amps. I do not know your system, so I would not know either way.

As far as interconnect goes... I am in the same boat with you as I am trying to figure out what would be better in my system than the Nordost QF. YOu may want to email Bwhite (here at Audiogon) because he has that Supratek preamp and has tried many many interconnects.

I would use RCA for Bryston to Supratek only because I am willing to bet the Supratek will sound better. I think Bryston recommends XLR connections because they are better connections for professional audio use and Bryston amps descend from their professional amps.

What IC's do you have now? What have you tried? What does the rest of your system look like?

KF