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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Thanks for the response.  I agree - everything has changed.  Unlikely to be 4-5 days now. 
I ordered a Chardonnay at the beginning of September.   Mick has told me that he will ship this week.   For US owners, how long did your shipment take to arrive once Mick shipped?
Nick
Chardonnay shipped yesterday via DHL - delivery to San Diego scheduled for 11/2
^^^^  Thanks for the heads up!   

I have been tracking mine since he shipped.  Mick only asked for my phone number but I would not have given him my social anyway.  I will call DHL once I see it is in customs.   

Glad to hear you are enjoying the preamp.  I am hoping for the same in my system.


Chardonnay delivered this morning.  Ordered on September 1st.   

I just had shoulder surgery so need to wait until my son gets home to install!

This preamp is sublime.  Much more meat on the bones.

I replaced a Benchmark DAC 3 HGC that I was using for both preamp and DAC duties with a Chardonnay and a Denafrips ARES II.  Did not realize how clinical the Benchmark sounded before installing the Chardonnay.

Sounds fantastic with the stock tubes Mick provided.  The 6SN7s are Electro-Harmonix tubes.