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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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dwr
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Hi Tvad, I'm using a dynavector karat 17d mk2, output .23mv, loading at 100 ohms. Thats on a Chenin Pre. What tubes are you using in the phono section of your preamp?
dwr
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The mullards are excellent tubes. I originally had the same condition with the high end being a little"hot" for my taste. I tried different 6922 tubes but when I put a pair of telefunken PC88 tubes in for the 6922s it took that little extra off the highs and sounded great in my system. The thing is, tubes that sound great in my set up may not do the same for you in your system. Good luck, hope you are enjoying your Supratek as much as I am.
dwr
113 posts
 
yea and I should have said PCC88 tubes, not PC88, all thumbs today
dwr
113 posts
 
Hi Steve

For what its worth I am also using the Linkwitz Orions with the Chenin pre. I couldn't agree more with Abe's description of the Oorions. I also was a huge fan of electrostatics and went from Martin Logan Ascent i speakers to the Orions and the Orions sound better by far than the Logans. I also use no sub.
dwr
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No you are not over reacting and you are not the only one. Posts like the one you are refering to are part of the reason I don't post on here very often at all, its just not worth it. And it bseems to be getting nothing but worse.
dwr
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Arkio, on one hand the dc power from batteries is a good thing for clean power. But here is something to seriously cosider, with a 16 hour charge life on the battery pack that means on a day like yesterday when I had my system on from 7am thru 2 am which is 19 hours I would have had to get up and change the battery pack at 11 pm or shut the system down and recharge the battery. As you said, I think I'll just stick to my Chennin plugged into the ac for as many continuous hours as I would like.
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