markusthenaimnut
Responses from markusthenaimnut
| Preamp Deal of the Century A little less than a year from now this thread will qualify as an adult. Amazing. Over 20 years old and this thread is still relevant. And Supratek is still producing "the Preamp deal of the Century". Love my Supratek! | |
| Ortofon SPU Royal G Mk II is wonderful Replicant | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @ram18 My counsel is to let the JJ tubes burn in for a while. Based on the information you've shared about your system I think it is too early to attribute any specific aspects of the sound to the JJ tubes. There are so many aspects of the sys... | |
| Koetsu Urushi @route30 Do a search on Instagram for Groovetickler. He is an experienced, reliable rebuilder and can assess your cartridge and perform any repairs that are needed. Take a look at the many, many, many posts he has on instagram. | |
| Don Sachs DS2 Preamp - too good to be true? @lous I like what you wrote and agree very strongly. @slazechko Try a search around here somewhere for a thread titled something like "Don Sachs vs. Supratek - Which way to go". In that thread I was discussing my thoughts that were running righ... | |
| SET suggestions up to $3k (used) Don't know the size of your listening room or your preferred listening level. I'm thinking you're on the right track in thinking 8 watts. I drive 93dB efficient JBL monitors with my ~7 watts of SET 300B power and really enjoy it. I think you're i... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I humbly suggest you take a close look at how all your cables are dressed. Where they cross, where they parallel each other, how they are seated in the rca inputs & outputs. That has always been the key to getting my system hum-free. | |
| Can a Amp be "timeless" and compete with todays amps? @atmasphere Your participation and patience on this Forum is something for which I am truly grateful. Comments from you are always illuminating and helpful. Thank you. | |
| Decided to try a SPU cartridge @kennyc what turntable are you going to put the SPU on? Is it a VPI? Sounds like you’ve kinda gone off the deep end picking up the various flavors of SPU. 😉 Plus that FR7... Should be fun experimenting with them all. Also, I’m a little fuzzy wh... | |
| Elekit TU-8600S. Best 300B’s? Excellent question. I'll keep my eye on this thread. However, I encourage you to put the idea of tube-rolling your amp out of your mind for a while. Enjoy that sumbitch the way it is, 'cause it's gonna be awesome. And constantly obsessing about w... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Couple thoughts. 1. I kinda might have been where you are now, about three years ago. I had owned Naim gear, and been satisfied, for a couple of decades plus. BUT, I knew that tube gear would sound better. Not just "different", but better. Better... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Mick responded to my emailed question by citing the worldwide shortage of new production tubes. In answer to my question about whether he thinks they sound particularly good he simply stated they sound about as good as any current production tube... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I have read on the Supratek owner’s thread that Mick is shipping his preamps with these tubes. I think that says something positive about them. I've sent him an email to confirm this and requested his opinion on these tubes. Mark | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Has anyone here compared the Linlai E 6SN7s to the Shuguang WE 6SN7 Plus tubes? Don Sachs was using the Shuguangs for a while and thought very highly of them. I haven't heard either. | |
| Quad 63 ESL buzzing & hissing!! For the benefit of other quad owners I thought I'd post an update here. I talked to Nick yesterday. He is no longer servicing Quads. He's too backlogged with other work and it's nearly impossible to obtain decent panels these days. So... it seems ... |