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| Preamp Deal of the Century Hey Mick, that's great I am very happy for you and the progress/success of Supratek but what about the Cortese/Sauvignon and the Grange/Cabernet owners who just got screwed over by your joyful announcement? Is there any plan for helping existing o... | |
| Where to go from here? upping the tube ante Budrew - you are correct about the revision. The new(er) (released in 1999 --> 2000) Svetlana KT88's are commonly known to be the "best" modern KT88...These were specified by McIntosh for the MC2000 and then used in the 2102. I too have read th... | |
| Where to go from here? upping the tube ante Budrew... Just buy two GEC's and plug them in - you'll notice a new sense of emotion to your music. The improvement is rather significant.Prior to trying this in my amp, I emailed McIntosh to find out if putting KT88's and 6550's in the same amp a... | |
| Where to go from here? upping the tube ante Hi Fiddler, I've never owned a Berning. | |
| Where to go from here? upping the tube ante Budrew, I use the same Mullard 12AX7's (CV4004) and the 12AT7's from Upscale in my Mac and they are leagues better than the original tubes. That said, this vintage (80's) Mullard isn't supposed to be the best available. I plan to try to find somet... | |
| Power cord craze What should I get for $100 If you are on a tight budget there are a few things to keep in mind. * DIY projects can potentially cost quite a bit more than expected.* The results are often less than expected.* The resale value of a DIY power cord is almost nothing.Advice woul... | |
| McIntosh MC2000 vs. Goldmund 29 I've had a few high end amps over the years and some of them I felt were better than the MC2000 for many reasons. Out of the box, the MC2000 is "alright", there are some areas where its good and others where its not so good. After a brief bout wit... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Ecclectique - I don't have a tube tester so haven't tested the ECC32's. I presume there is nothing wrong with them given that they work fine in my Cortese. The trouble my friend had with the ECC32's in his Syrah and the non-functioning remote volu... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Ecclectique, I've tried some Sylvania 6L6 GWA (I think that was the designation) from the 40's. Smoked - gray glass. Anyhow.. they were recessed sounding, dull in the Supratek. In fact, I think they sounded a lot like the Sovetek EL34's the Cortes... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I cannot find the Supratek Tube thread anywhere - I think it got yanked. Why? I dunno. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Outlier... our friend Twl doesn't like me to say this... :)After hearing a turntable in my system, I became disgusted with all my previous $10K cd setups...I sold it all.Then months later, I bumped into someone who turned me on to the Bidat. Anyho... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I think the Philips/Meitner rig DOES cost an arm and a leg! I believe they are about 10K? You might look up John Wright at museatex.com. He is modifying Ed Meitners "older" products. I recently got one of the Bidat DACs modified by John and it's s... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Outlier, The Supratek's will play fine without the regulator tubes installed. I am not sure exactly what the tube does but... I presume they regulate... :) I've tried a few tubes in that position and have just recently tried the Metal 6L6 RCA's. (... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Fiddler, I haven't mentioned the power cords mostly because I don't know what the availability is, or will be. I didn't want to turn everyone on to these if there weren't any places to get them... or if the manufacturer wasn't interested in mas... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hey Mick, Great to read your input on the board! Thanks for the tips on microphonics. After some break-in, my Cortese is sounding magnificent. I love that baby! Did you try that power cord Ethan sent you? I hope you did. After trying MANY power co... |