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Supratek Owners Thread
Well, I finally received my Signature Grange preamp after about 6 month long wait. I initially had ordered the Cortese LCR but later upgraded my order to Signature Grange. Mick has been wonderful to deal with. Currently the Supratek preamp is m... 
Best Full-Function Preamplifier
@dentdog May I ask which Supratek preamp you are using and which amp you have mated it with? I am waiting on my Supratek Grange Signature to be built currently...  
Supratek Owners Thread
Little update on my Cortese LCR order that I had placed with Mick a while back. I decided to upgrade my order to the Signature Grange. Can’t wait to receive it from Mick. Hope I have done the right thing and hope the 16 tubes won't heat up my r... 
Supratek Owners Thread
Thanks everybody on this thread for sharing your experience with Supratek/Mick. It was extremely useful to me making my decision. I just placed an order for Cortese LCR preamp/phono. I cant wait to receive and hear this preamp. It was go against... 
Supratek Owners Thread
@reimarc Thanks!!!  
Supratek Owners Thread
Great thread! I am pondering Supratek Cortese LCR preamp. Currently have EAR Yoshino 868PL which is also a full function preamp and is currently paired with Pass Labs XA30.8 amp. Just wondering if anyone compared EAR preamps with Supratek? The E... 
New Coincident Frankenstein 300B Stereo Version
@brownsfan @charles1dad Great to see happy owners of the Coincident Line Stage (not to derail this thread). I was actually considering it strongly last year. I totally get the minimalist design but I needed a remote with my preamp. That was the... 
New Coincident Frankenstein 300B Stereo Version
@brownsfan @charles1dad And everyone else. Thanks for taking the time to respond and offer your valuable thoughts. I was worried about 92.5db/8ohm efficiency of the SVIIIs. I do listen around 70-80 db volume levels but once in a while like to c... 
New Coincident Frankenstein 300B Stereo Version
Thanks @charles1dad much appreciated. I guess I have a decison to make.    
New Coincident Frankenstein 300B Stereo Version
@charles1dad would be interested hearing your thoughts..  
New Coincident Frankenstein 300B Stereo Version
I actually live in the same city as Israel. I wanted to audition but he told me it's not possible.  
Pass Labs XA30.8
@alfau7 I did end up getting the Pass XA30.8. I am running it with a tube preamp and it is very very musical. I don’t think I will let go of the 30.8 anytime soon. I prefer the XA30.8 over Moon 330A - more 3D/airy presentation, refined bass and o... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@charles1dad "Low power SET amplifiers are about as simple and straightforward as can be. Very few tubes (Or parts count in general) in these amplifiers and the DHT tubes have pretty good longevity. Also many of them are auto bias designed or simp... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
@ riaa_award_collectors_on_facebook The dealer is a low powered tube/high sensitivity speaker proponent. It was due to my request he paired the Nenuphars with the SS amps mentioned above. He is not a Pass Labs dealer so didn't have the SIT amps a... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
Following are my impressions of my audition of Cube Nenuphars: Please note only digital source was used to keep everything simple and quick switching of tracks. My dealer had all the Cube models on the floor but I only focused on the Nenuphars. Ge...