Preamp Deal of the Century

Jay461: swap signal tubes left-right to see of the crackle follows the tubes. Do the same with the regulator tubes, just to be sure. It really sounds like the signal tubes to me.

Dsiggia: Might try rolling the regulators and rectifiers also. The tung-sol 5881 is ok, but you can do better. Might want to try the 6f6g, kt-66, or 6l6g. You should give the ken-rad 6sn7gt a try also.

Hi Wc65mustang, No insult taken whatsoever. In fact, I very much appreciate your comments. And my questions about the MMF 7 come from the fact that I suspected what you said about it. This is why I initially asked about the linestage only supratek, but all the comments about the phone stage have me reconsidering what I might do. If the Chenin would be a significant improvement in the line stage over my modified AN M2, then I could go with that and later sell my MMF 7 & Audion phono stage to purchase a turntable worthy of the Supratek.

Like you said, I need to email Mick. Because if the Sauvignon line is a lot better than the line in the Chenin, then I'm tempted to go with it and save the phono upgrades for a later time.

I sincerely appreciate your feedback; it's been very helpful. I'm pretty set with the AN Quest Silvers and the Zingali speakers, but everything else is subject to upgrades. So if I may impose further, do you have any recommendations or suggestions about a Turntable that would go well with the Supratek?

Again, I really appreciate your honest assessment. Anything else wouldn't really be helpful.

Bill

Bill:
I have no suggestions for a turntable that will match with a Supratek. What's important is the match among the turntable, tonearm, and cartridge. If that works, everything else is gravy.

Cabernet transformer or capacitor coupled ? Jazzdude : thanks a lot for your message. Following an email from Mick, I think the Cabernet is transformer coupled. But my english is not perfect (and I don't want to disturb him too much !) : could a Supratek expert confirm this ??? Anyway, thanks for your input. It really make me want to buy it. Best regards.