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. 
Chardonnay shipped yesterday via DHL - delivery to San Diego scheduled for 11/2
Mine took weeks.  Make sure you track online.  When gets to US and is in customs clearance stage, call DHL and ensure they have all the info they need.  They didn't have my social security number (No idea why they needed it) and my Supratek got shipped all the way back to AUS! 
I have it now and it is a beautiful addition to my system
^^^^  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!