Greetings....Mick just shipped out my new Chardonnay yesterday and I am counting down the days till it gets here..,,So glad i found out about supratek thru this Thread...soo thanks to all....it will be replacing my old but still very good BAT VK-3i preamp...i was looking to go up the BAT ladder till i ran across this thread....I will be running the Supratek with a pair of Rogue audio 180 mono blocks...speakers are the Sweet Martin Logan Montis with dual Vandersteen subs...Digital is the New Audio Mirror Tubadour 3 Dac(which is a STEAL at the price and made me sell my Schitt audio Yggy 2 Dac and not look back)..transport is the Cambridge CXC(weakest Link and hope to upgrade soon) all with top of the Line Acoustic Zen Cable....Supratek Stocked to Join the club...so Love..peace and chicken grease for all the great Help along the Way!!!!!!!
Preamp Deal of the Century
If anyone is looking for a true "World Class" preamp at a very fair price..heed my advice. I just recieved a Supratek Syrah preamp that was hand built by Mick Maloney in Western Australia, and it is absolutely beautiful! This preamp is the best deal you will ever find. I would put it up against any preamp out there for both looks and sound. Price? $2500 for the Syrah (includes Killer Phono stage). Not into phono? Try the Chardonney line stage for $2100. Don't get me wrong, I am not associated with this company. I am just a very happy owner! This preamp is VERY dynamic, yet liquid. It conveys the sound of music better than any other preamp that I have ever heard! You can check out the Supratek website at www. cantech.net.au
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Congrats!!...Had mine since july 2019 and your in for a treat...its ear and eye candy....best 2K i EVER spent on a GIANT killer of a pre...TRUTH!!....aslo had great results with the
SHUGUANG WE6SN7( that Don Sachs told me about) over the stock Russian tubes (and at least 4 combo's of very good NOS 6SN7's)....just sum audio food for thought....(As everthing in Audio YMMV)....ENJOY!! |
It SUCKs....Dat’s why I bought a New Chardonnay GEN 3 Pre that replaced my $8000 BAT 32se Pre..and beat it in every important Audiophile Parameter!!....It’s sound is "like a color you never seen before and a Flavor you never tasted"...No "audiophile speak" can do it justice.."my opion"...you wanna break out your "audio crayons" and color the sound to your taste...go ahead... lot of great 6SN7’s out there!...Take the $2000 plunge..What do you have to lose?...If you don’t think Micks New Pre"s are not The Rave we think and Know they are (who own the new GEN 3) ...Sell it...it will be sold in A New York Min!..Since the New GEN 3 hit the ground ...Mick is Backed up a few Months...so jump in...the Audio Supratek water is VERY warm!! |
Rocky54...glad i could amuse you..a real joker i am ML Montis speakers.....dual Vandersteen 2wq subs...The latest Rogue M-180 tube mono blocks with the upgraded Dark Edtion..Audio Mirror 3 special edtion Dac..cyrus transport all with assorted Acoustic Zen Cables.......if anyone could let me know what your using and how it changed the stock tubes that I have seated again in the pre and if you have a set rady to sell...Thanks to all (rocky54 you help was Priceless!!) |
Greetings all....put back the $600 i all ready spent on tubes....room is 18 x 22...treated with ascoustic tube traps behind the ML Montis...also a diffuser between the ML...Sit in the Midfield triangle...8ft apart and i isten 8ft back...thought i had the Holy grail of set up...But i made a half inch turn to both Montis to the outside and ..Wow the Brightness was gone and the system is Killing me....NON stop binge..and to think i wanted to sell the Gen 3 Chardonnay!!....what was i thinking..a big shout out to Rocky 54 for all the Advice(NONE)....goes to show .. if you thought you had your speakers dialed in...as i did...well you might need to spend a little more time as i did...WOW..Thanks to all.... |
umbilical chord was a special editon and made a nice improvment...never changed the fuse Highsteam..what should i go with?....Dont like to bring this up too often..But as a Drummer who toured with the largest Fusion band (Spyro Gryra) in the US...I think i know Live Music..which is always louder...not centered in the sweet spot and far from being what we expect from are faux High end systems..never less...I truly enjoy to sit on the middle and with a cocktail or to thimk om back on stage...TRUTH!! |
and what do you think after talking to don Sachs who uses the Shuguang 6SN7GT vacuum tube in his pre that i bought for the Gen3 Chardonnay?...comments PLEASE & THANK YOU!!
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Thanks high Stream...and pesky i had yhe same feling about the Tube based shunt regulator....Can any and all of you on this Fab Thread let me know what 6SN7 you using and why...and were can i get a pair....some like High Stream gave some interesting picks....comon Brothers and let me know what. tubes you selltted on..hows it sounded to the junk stock,,,and were can i buy a pair.....THANKS MY AUDIO BROTHERS! |