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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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gryphongryph
372 posts
 

Looking at this thread again, I noticed that I never posted a update on my Cabernet problems, the man to the rescue was @jslateiv 

He helped me find the problem by the pictures I had sent him, it seams two solder joints were not soldered at all, and because the wires used are very stiff it was not easy to spot, I had never soldered before, but with good help from jslativ, I was able to get it done, so now my gain control knob works perfectly.

So all is good, being able to adjust the gain has improved the sound somewhat as my power amp has a lot of input gain.

 

nymarty
109 posts
 

Just upgraded my Chardonnay with a new remote control. Nice heavy aluminum and just the 2 buttons I need. The remote Mick supplies is fine but this just has a nicer feel and no unnecessary buttons. Easy to program. Sounds better too. ;-)

 

sim_audio_nerd
57 posts
 

@nymarty would you able to let us know where and how you got the after market remote?

Love my Grange Signature but wish the remote supplied by Mick was a tad bit better...

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reimarc
66 posts
 

My remote from Mick never worked: I noticed that the IR photocell under the Grange is quite loose and flimsy. Mick's not very helpful here. Any idea how to fix this annoyance?

 
nymarty
109 posts
 

@sim_audio_nerd i bought it on Ali Express.  You’ll need your original remote to teach it but it’s very easy to do.  
Aluminum alloy material infrared signal learning remote control, 2-button, simple style, high-end audiophile
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMYD2m8

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