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| Preamp Deal of the Century Swampwalker - 6L6 type tubes all have a "missing" 6th pin and some 5881's I've seen have a missing 1st pin as well. Normal. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Swampwalker - This may seem pretty basic but this "problem" sounds like the wrong input is selected via the knob on the right front of the preamp. You could be hearing cross talk between the active input and the currently selected input.Check that... | |
| Got iPod, how to hook up? South park, Just an FYI... I don't claim enormous miracle improvements with the Zu Cable but I do find it to be much better sonically than any stock or Monster type cable I used prior to finding the Zu Cable Pivot.Since you do not use the FM trans... | |
| Got iPod, how to hook up? South_park - sorry you're having trouble. In my system the iPod sounds quite nice FWIW. I suspect you are trying to use the FM Wireless mode of connecting the iPod to the system. For better results, you might try the Zu Cable Pivot interconnect. T... | |
| Got iPod, how to hook up? Onhwy61 - the iRiver units have optical digital outputs. (iHP-120 and iHP-140) These would allow a user to connect the devices to a DAC.See link below:iRiver iHP-120. | |
| Digital as good or better than YOUR analog? ♥♫♪☺♪♫♥ | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hkvos, If you buy a Supratek, ask Mick if he can make it with TWO of the home-theater by-pass features. This would require a three-way switch vs. the standard two-way switch on units with the home-theater by-pass feature. This would let you connec... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Jewel... My take is that if you can buy good used tubes to try, DO IT. When rolling tubes, you'll want to sample as many as possible. Buying NOS, or NIB tubes is way too expensive - especially if they end up not fitting your tastes.Once you nail d... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks for the reply Fiddler! Looks like I'm going GZ34 / 5AR4 shopping!! :) Loving the 350B's right now after a few power cord changes in my system.Do you have the National Union 350B or the Western Electric 350B? I'm currently using the NU but t... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hey Grannyring! Great review! Are you SURE you don't have a Cortese? The photos of your pre are dead on CORTESE!!I've compared the Cortese and Syrah extensively and must say that the sonics of each are quite similar - very little difference from a... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Fiddler?? Which type of Mullard GZ34 do you use? I mean, is there any particular vintage? Can you describe it? That's one rectifier I've never tried - I couldn't hear enough of a difference between the GZ37, GZ33 and GZ32 that I skipped right over... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Ecmlee, Sorry to hear of your trouble. As you mention, Mick does bend over backwards to help in situations like yours but the shipping and import duties are ridiculous. My suggestion to you and others in the US who have issues with their Supratek ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Power Cord for Supratek's! Grannyring - sorry I haven't replied to you about the power cord for the Syrah.... I have been waiting to determine if this new cord is better than the old. *I* think the old cord is better but the designer seems to thin... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Grannyring - sounds like you've got the stock tubes so almost anything you do will be an improvement. Many of the Supratek users on the board here use the Tung Sol 5881 in as regulator tubes and Mullard GZ-30-somethings as a rectifier. That is ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Grannyring, what tubes (names & model numbers) do you have in the Syrah now? It is possible to get more bass impact, weight and body by tube rolling in the Syrah. I just need to know your tube compliment to get an idea where you're starting from. |