Supratek Owners Thread


Greetings All - 
It appears that the 26-million-plus view, multi-decade "Preamp Deal of the Century" Supratek thread has been removed. I'm not sure why, but suppose there must be a reasonable explanation.
In any case, on that thread I recently asked whether there might be interest in a "Supratek owners thread" and received some interest. 
The purpose of this thread is for Supratek owners to share the details of their system, ask questions, share information about any tube-rolling they have done, and so forth.
I'll kick us off here with a few details about my system -
ancient Linn LP12 with Ittok arm, Dynavector 17D3 cartridge into Cortese LCR phono stage
Power amp is a fully serviced Innersound Electrostatic amplifier
Quad ESL63 speakers (not USA monitors) or JBL 4430 studio monitors
Digital sources are immature and evolving - ancient Fostex CR300 cd player/burner
DacMagic 100 DAC
Nordost Blue Heaven 75ohm interconnect
Due to the fairly long lengths of speaker wire required in the new listening room, speaker wire is Belden 12 gauge wire designed for low-voltage outdoor lighting systems. 
Next steps - dedicated circuit, new power cords, new interconnects, new wires.
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Funny, I was about to do a search on the Audiogon forum for the Supratek Chardonnay, and bam, saw this thread!

I’m currently auditioning preamps. My amp is a JE labs simple 2A3/45, powering Omega Compact Alnico Monitors. I have the Primaluna EVO 100 pre, which uses 12AX7 and 12AU7 tubes. Not that the EVO is not good, but I like the tube glow of the Schiit Freya Plus, which uses 6SN7 tubes, better. Also in house is the Conrad Johnson Classic 2 SE using a single 6922 tube. I may try an older CJ for more of the tube sound.

I have not read or searched this thread yet, but hope to learn about the Supratek preamps.