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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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nymarty
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@evank  Thanks!  System is looking good.  Did you move?  Are you going to CAF?

@tksteingraber  Thanks!  The noise isn’t much of an issue and only happens with remote, so will just ignore it.

@jslateiv Thanks!  I’m going to DM you about something else when I have more time. Really appreciate all the help.

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evank
305 posts
 

@nymarty moved 3 months ago to Tarrytown. Also my Aric pre makes a boop boop sound when I use my remote. Its a Kosmo.

gryphongryph
372 posts
 

My understanding was that the noise when using the remote was because the it’s a high gain pre!

jslateiv
64 posts
 

@gryphongryph   Yes,  very high gain pre,  coupled with unshielded/open motor next to circuit = motor noise coupling to audio circuit..  You would still hear some noise even with a lower gain circuit. less though.

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tksteingraber
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The remote noise is very minor compared to an LTA Z40+ integrated I owned for 6 months.. Every time you remotely adjusted the step volume control a loud click would occur. Made it unbearable to adjust volume mid song. Deal breaker for me.

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