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.
markusthenaimnut

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I wonder if a single Merlot mono might be matched.....

The guy I bought the Syrah from had a pair of Merlot monos - he said after 3 weeks, one went on the fritz and blew a fuse a couple of times 15 years ago. He sent it to someone in CA for repair who just said it was shot and never returned it!

SO, the seller kept and still has one hardly used Merlot. I wonder if a match can be made or did they all have the no longer available bits and pieces? He said when he had them and the Syrah powering Sonus Faber Guarneri's and "you didn't even need drugs"! I told him "you don't really NEED drugs" even if they really DO make it sound better....

My 'new' Syrah is at a friend's in Boulder, CO where the seller dropped it off. Still hoping to hear from Mick regarding @jslateiv . Rumor has it he's hiding out in my home state of NC....

Well, I hope to join this thread as an owner and not just a dreamer sooner rather than later!

@jslateiv I have a Syrah in my sights and was told you might be able to give it the once over and some love. Please let me know if that's the case and whether you'd be interested. I would love the help and the Syrah would, no doubt, love the love.

I just landed a Syrah and am super psyched take part in this happy Supratek group! One of Mick's pre+phonos have been on my mind for over 15 years... Looking forward to sending it in for the once over, twice buffed and whatever upgrade there's to be done to @jslateiv once I hear back from Mick where that might be. 

Too bad about the deal of the century thread disappearing - I imagine it must have been in some server switch over or something. I used to pour over that and let my imagination run though some beautiful fields of music....now I wish I'd taken some notes!

Anyway, I have some Sylvania 6sn7w's and -wgt's already on the way and stoked for the magic.

Getting set up for the Syrah and I'm curious if if the 2 chassis are ok next to each other - is there an advantage to separating them? If so, is there a minimum distance apart they should be?

Thanks in advance for your insight.