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| Preamp Deal of the Century I went to the Supratek site at:http.www.supratek.bizhoping to find information and pricing on options available for the Supratek preamps, namely internal electronics options, and external finishes.Unfortunately I found no such info. Does it exist ... | |
| Supratek Tubes and Tube Swappin' for Everybody Thanks for the excellent info Brian! | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? Good point RWWEAR. I suspect Emmanuel may feel that he is achieving greater channel isolation using two completely separate controls. One obvious convenience is his design achieves user-control channel balance without extra circuitry. But TVAD is ... | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? RWWEAR, yes. the First Sound devices have separate volume controls for the left/right channels. The preamps have completely separate mono circuits for each channel. This design extends to separate volume controls. The idea is that complete separat... | |
| What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps? Calloway, what preamp is your upcoming FS replacing? | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thank you Walter and larry.Walter, did you employ stock tubes on the First Sound and Supratek, or did you apply NOS to them? Larry, you justly point out that sound quality rises along the Supratek lineup. According to Emmanuel Go this may also be ... | |
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| Preamp Deal of the Century Thank you TVAD for the well thought railing. Product line analysis is a very interesting exercise. The sweet spot of any given brand may lay anywhere along the range, from the most expensive unit to the least. As for ways to enjoy this hobby and r... | |
| tube upgrade for first sound OldPet, have you received your First Sound? | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thank you TVAD, loved your post!But no, alas I have no bias. Rather I think in matrices. I was just observing and pointing out the slightly skewed distribution of comparisons in this thread and tried, and should say succeeded, to elicit a reaction... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I have scanned with interest this thread, seeking info about perceived differences between the First Sound family of linestages and the Supratek family.It seems that a probable majority of posters prefers Supratek devices over the First Sound Pres... | |
| Audioquest cables: replace the DBS Battery pack. You may want to have a look at Mike Mickelson's recent review of the Audioquest Sky on Soundstage. Mickelson seems to suggest that the static voltage bias induced by the batteries takes several days to establish after the battery is activated, and... | |
| tube upgrade for first sound Oldpet, send Emmanuel an eMail and he will sort out the mystery. On the other hand, it would not be the first time that UPS gives a package the grand tour of the nation, before deciding to route it finally to its intended destination.Having said t... | |
| Any experience with the Esoteric UX-1 Steve, I am glad I must not have been the only one to ablate significant amounts of scalp scratching my head after having read the TAS review.Was the reviewer just trying to be 'different'?Having said that, I have also heard that the new AYRE mult... | |
| What's after Supratek Has anyone compared the Supratek preamps with some of the many models created by Emmanuel Go at First Sound?Your friendly neighbourhood Troll |