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Supratek Owners Thread
Thanks for the reply Johnny, interesting points you make, unbelievable the hum suddenly disappeared last weekend and has not come back yet, although I have not had time to listen since Sunday evening, I have not done anything to the system for at ... 
Your tube preamp and ss amp thread
Supratek Cabernet 300B/6SN7 output into Belles SA30 class A 
Should Class A Amps be left on??
I don’t think there is any need to have a class A amp on permanently, after 15-30 min it should be 95% there sound vise, and after an hour I would not think it would get any better. 
Supratek Owners Thread
jaymark- do you hear any hum from the speakers or from the power supply from the Cabernet? 
Supratek Owners Thread
It is better, but still a bit high. Unfortunately I like the sound of the 6SN7 output better, but I have not done any tube rolling yet, so that might change. 
Supratek Owners Thread
By the way, would be interesting to know what power amps you have tried with pre’s from Supratek, I find that the output gain is very high and can be a problem for a lot of power amps, it is for my Belles SA30, although the sound is sublime, I am ... 
Supratek Owners Thread
Still waiting for the power supply, will be shipping this week. Will post my findings after putting it in my system. 
Low gain dac!
Thanks for all the replies, a question to George, Charles and others, if I move the Belles to an other system and were to get me an other power amp, preferably class A or heavily biased into class A, what would you guys recommend ?Your suggestions... 
Musical Paradise MP-D2 MK3 DAC
I have been very interested in this dac, but I find it difficult to see which price tier it compares too, can it compare with the PrimaLuna dac 100, the higher end Denafrips models and the higher end Chinese Sigma dac’s ?.Would be interesting to h... 
Moonriver 404 = Midrange Magic
I for one would never swap out a Graham Audio LS 5/9 for a Harbeth 30.1 or 30.2Not sure this guy has heard the two speakers in question, probably not.. 
AVA Van Alstine SET 400 amplifier -- burn in?
Very interested in your findings, this was a amp I was considering before getting my class A amp.Owners of AVA amps usually really like the sound. 
MQA is for chumps
Fuzztone - thanks, will try the link. 
MQA is for chumps
Finally was able to get a Qobuz subscription last night, now begins the work finding the same music that I have in my Tidal library in my new Quboz library, are there any programs/apps that can do this ?Have been very disappointed with Tidal after... 
Supratek Owners Thread
A few days after my last post, my Cabernet started outputting a loud hum in both channels, can hear it from the kitchen 7 meters away when it is at the loudest, have tried everything I can think of to get the hum away, but to no avail.After emaili... 
Holo Audio May DAC
Wonder if the Sonnet Morpheus dac would compete with the May dac.Looks very interesting and can be use as a pre as well.https://www.sonnet-audio.com/Morpheus.html