Supratek Owners Thread

Ok, swapped out the source and same result.  I may switch back to the Don Sachs preamp and see what happens.

skypop, 

Congrats!  Please post impressions once you get it.

@skypop No clue.  I just tried to post one off of Instagram and it came up blank.  Maybe someone can give us a tutorial.

Wig,

I spoke with Mick before ordering mine and asked what upgrades I needed to consider.  He said the only decision was whether or not I wanted chrome.  I was a little surprised but that's the story.  I'm 2 months in.

Jeff

Here's a review of 300b you might find useful.

Ok.  Idiot alert.  I received my pre amp yesterday.  It's a spectacular looking piece.  I followed Mick's instructions and I'm getting zero sound.  Has anyone run into an issue and found a solution?  I have the switches set for 300b and SE input.  Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

@jslateiv 

Enormously helpful.  I flipped the gain switch the opposite way as well as the mute. There's some sound but I'm not there yet.  At least I know the cabling is correct.  

The sound is faint and thin.  I tried the 45/300b switches and no change.  I don't have my multimeter at this house so I'm flying a little blind.  Is there a chance I installed the output tubes incorrectly?  I can shut it down and reseat them.

There's something going on.  I got it to sound a little better and then it reverted back to a thin/faint sound.  I'm going to try a different source tomorrow and eliminate one possible issue.  It's gotta be something simple and I'm optimistic I'll get this working.  Can't wait to hear it.  

@gryphongryph 

I did.  I'm going to take them all out and re seat them as well just to be sure.

Success!  I started from scratch and with Johhny's help It's making music.  Thank you everyone for the input.  This has never happened to me before.

Sound is really good right out of the gate.  Piano music in particular has amazing depth.

@jtgofish 

I rewired everything and reseated the tubes just to see if there was something I did during setup that could have been incorrect.  It turned out that the switches that select 2.5v vs 5v on the DHT tubes were set incorrectly.  I'm running 300b and once I made the change it started working.  

It sounds amazing.  I'm ordering a set of EML 45s and a new umbilical.

Yes, exactly.  I unplugged everything and started as if it came from the box in case I missed something.  I was trying to eliminate any variables.