ikkyu2
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| Is Supratek Syrah still the deal of the century? I own a Supratek Chenin . . . and a Maserati. There's something incredibly tactile and beautiful about hand-built high performance. At it's price point, I think 'Deal of the Century' is a justifiable superlative, especially if you listen to vinyl.... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Pablo, there are alot of good phono tubes out there. I'm using Amperex 7308 PQ white label, which are pretty hard to find now. But, see my 1/19 post in this thread on some Russian NOS 6HN23-EB's that are only $90 for a matched pair cryo'd and VERY... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century After extensive sampling, I gave up 'tuning' or tweaking with power cords after finding the Shunyata Helix series. They are detailed, fast and, most importantly, DEAD NEUTRAL. I have two dedicated circuits, thus a Hydra-2 and Hydra-4 and five 1 me... | |
| Options to replace Supratek Chennin Pre Thanks, Fiddler. Yeah, Andy's cool. Got a great reputation for trustworthiness. I'm awaiting a shipment from him of Tungsol 6NS7-GTB's. | |
| Options to replace Supratek Chennin Pre Braro, no the KT-66s were new Sovtek, a matached pair. I think I got them from Brendan at tubeworld.com. Reasonable in cost, I'm recalling $40-ish. A good place to start. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Just curious...anybody ever do an A-B between a Syrah/Chenin/Cortese and a Hovland HP-100 with MC? How did the Supratek stack up? | |
| Options to replace Supratek Chennin Pre Braro, you haven't mentioned what rectifier tube you are using. They make a huge difference in extracting the best from all of the other tubes in the Supratek.The Sovtek 5AR4 is junk. For $40 you can step up to the Bendix 6106. You'll find better ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Allanblissett, thanks for sharing the tip. I'll check my 6NS7's and let you know what happens. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello, Powers,My experience may be helpful to you. I got my Chenin in early December. It had the stock Sovtek 5AR4. From the recommendations in this thread, I bought the Bendix 6106. Huge improvement. Break in is slow, but not too bad. I later bou... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi, all,I haven't posted in a month. Can't believe how much has been written!Just wanted to report back on my Chenin (yes, still lovin' it).I had replaced the stock rectifier with the Bendix 6106 and the regulators with Sovtek KT66's. A small inve... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Amandarae: RE "...you can always use a tee to change the load for different values not readily available from the switch settings..." [47K, 1K, 100, 10]What's a 'tee' and how does one use it to set the load between the four settings on the slider ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Just a report back on the replacement of my stock regulators (Sovtek 5881). The Sovtek KT66's have settled in and the image wandering I was experiencing is basically gone. From what I've been reading, it would seem to have less to do with the tube... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks Dilly and all.The Sovtek KT66's arrived today (from Tube World) and made an immediate improvement out of the box over the stock Sovtek 5881's in the Chenin. After an only an hour they're really settling in. Greater clarity, less reverberant... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Ecclectique, thanks for your VERY helpful analysis. And for the helpful vocabulary: "image wandering"...that's exactly what it is! The pianist strikes the note and you hear it left center, but then it spreads out, sometimes to the left and right, ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks Amandarae and Dilly. I will look into the Sovtek KT66. At under $50 bucks there's not much risk.Best, John |