Preamp Deal of the Century

Hi

Anyone got their MALBEC or MONDEUSE from Mick? How do they sound? :)

Wonder why nobody has reported about their Malbec or Mondeuse? Maybe Mick is still putting the finishing touches on them before sending them out. I can't wait to order a pair of Mondeuse to drive a pair of ML summits I have on order. But I need the first positive reports before making another order for Supratek equipment.

Kgturner, have you tried with the KT88s? Do you get the buzzing with KT88 also?

Anyone else got their Malbec or Mondeuse?

I just ordered 1 meter umbilical cord from Revelation Audio at the price of $269 including shipping for my Chardonnay.

For those of you who want a cheap and good solution for vibration control, I can recommend Nordost Pulsar Points for the power supply and preamp. Matches the look of the Supratek very well and provides a nice improvment soundwise. The rubberfeet make it sound bad whatever you put under it.

Fiddler,

What value did you use for the V-Caps?

Hi. Just wanted to know if a Bendix 6106 would work with a Sovtek KT66 in a Chardonnay?

Thanks Tvad, Kgturner and Powers for your kind replies. I just bought the Bendix from Kgturner on ebay. I would not have traded on ebay if I didn't know who the seller was.

My Chardonnay is two years old and it is completely broken in, obviously. I am perfectly happy with the stock tubes, but I want to have some tubes as spares. I am not into the expensive NOS stuff anyway, although it would be fun to try 350b as regulator. I have ordered two Sovtek KT66 and two Electro-Harmonix 6SN7EH. These are cheap and fun to try to see what this tube rolling is all about. I believe Mick is suppling these tubes with new Suprateks nowadays.

The stock tubes are Sovtek 5AR4, Electro-Harmonix 6L6EH and 6N8P of some unknown origin (probably Chinese).

Anybody have any idea how long a NOS Mullard GZ34 will last in a Chardonnay?