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| Supratek Owners Thread First off, any change, gear or even a tube change on the same piece, makes for a different sound. No matter what you do, your "magic" will have to be recreated, whether with the tubes provided or after rolling, and even then is always somewhat dif... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread A 6SN7 search today turned up a few resources I had forgotten or hadn't come across before (links can't be posted on Agon). Some good info.- head-fi: " The Reference 6SN7 Thread"- What's Best Forum: " Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes"- jacmusic.com: 6... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Markus -- Thanks. Never heard of the CBS 5962. At least at Upscale Audio they don’t come cheap, but I just noticed what look like a good matched pair on eBay for a reasonable price. I've been using the Shuguang replica and it's a nice tube. There ... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Great report. What do you mean by Mick handpicked the tubes to get a sound? Did you provide the desired goal or was this his normal process of choosing that you like? | |
| Supratek Owners Thread jeony, On the cool to warm spectrum, how would you rate the Melz? For anyone interested, there’s a thread on Steve Hoffman Music Forums, "6SN7 tubes. Could you please put in order from best to worse these NOS tubes?" (links are not allowed on Agon... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread I just got an email for a post by jeony about the Cortese and how well his tube rolling turned out, but I don’t see the post. In any case, in addition to liking the Melz 1578 the best and the Shuguang WE6SN7 Plus next, he mentions the 6922 and E10... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Good choice and definitely worth the wait, although I’m surprised about the time, as not long ago he was advertising the Chardonnay here on Agon and delivery looked almost immediate.An idea while waiting is to time to acquaint yourself with the tu... | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? @wjt3 If you go back in the thread, you’ll find the reasons I went with the Supratek Chardonnay over Sachs. Now that I know what Mick does, I might have gone with 6SN7 Cabernet, though Mick says the DHT 300B has more "bloom." I’ve found some tube ... | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? Hope you understand the limitations of a direct comparison by someone else, unless they talk your audio language (which, speaking generally, is not often the case, at least not without repeated questioning). It’s like comparing the effect of a tub... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I think someone on the other Supratek thread said it was short and Mick is currently advertising the Chardonnay and Cortese on Agon, which means he's probably caught up. Ask him. | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Synergistic Research Orange (but with the caveat to go up at least 25% from spec). Audio Magic Ultimate Beeswax second (spec ok; don’t know about the Ultimate Premium because the one I had broke while trying to pull it to change its direction, and... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread The Chardonnay is as advertised. Very nice warm clear sound with stock tubes. And maintained that and more with the Shuguang WE6SN7 and adding an aftermarket fuse. Easily an improvement over the very good PrimaLuna Dialogue preamp with the best tu... | |
| Star Sound Tech Sistrum Apprentice: Anyone use the 2.3" platform (SA-102-3)? I can imagine, although perhaps not where moving the platform itself is required. The Gaias, which I have under my active floorstanders, would seem a little easier in that situation. But for moving components in a shelving unit when dealing with w... | |
| Star Sound Tech Sistrum Apprentice: Anyone use the 2.3" platform (SA-102-3)? Yes, the brass inverts are now effectively a required option across their platform lines. | |
| Aftermarket umbilical cords Timely thread, as I’ve got a Supratek Chardonnay two-piece tube preamp arriving tomorrow, winter storm permitting. I’ve seen the RAL thread and also hesitate about it being a silver cord, as I lean tonally to the lightly warm side and that’s trick... |