simon74
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| Preamp Deal of the Century The Chardonnay will work well with the Pass X250.5 - my Syrah was great with my X 250.It (Syrah)has ample gain for my Audiopax 88s but way too much for my friends Mcintosh monoblocks, very noisy but I think the problem lies with the power amps not... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Just tried a pair of Winged C Svetlana 6L6Gc's in place of my usual (long in the tooth)Sylvania 6L6GA's (Syrah).These test fine(should be since they are new) and I broke them in using my other Supratek.These are without doubt the most horrible tub... | |
| Need cartridge advice for Supratek preamp I use a Syrah with an Oracle/Syrinx/zyx airy and a Linn Sondek/Kuzma arm and Koetsu Black.Both work well but I prefer the healthier output of the Koetsu with the Syrah.I have used Benz Micro Glider L2s which sound fine with the Syrah.The Benz ace ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Houstonreef,don't change the top plate mounted gain switches with the volume turned up !However if you just turn the volume down, you can switch thru the rear gain knobs positions and just listen for the best setting. From reading on here, most... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Houstonreef,re your Syrah, the sitch top front is for the tape loop,should be in the forward position unless the tape loop is in use.The two toggles mid top alter the gain of the line stage(one for each channel),on mines at least they switch ba... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century OK - on a different tack - as / my post of 04-15-07.Having read about a couple of early Syrahs being changed from 6SN7s driving the linestage to a noval fitting 6n1ps tubes and parafeed(ala John Tucker mods)? Similar dual triodes with double the h... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Wondered if anyone had experience of older Suprateks, circa 2000? Much stiffer psu than my Syrah with tubes as follows-psu - rectifier 5U4GG, 2X 5881/6L6 & 2x 6x4line is 2x 5881/6L6, 2x 6H3n-E, phono is 2x 6GK5 & 2x 5842 ala Syrah. I alrea... | |
| OL Silver owners fully toward cartridge is minimum anti skate, increasing as it moves toward pivot | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks Kg, much appreciated.I'm dying to get my mitts on this pre and if it bettersmy Syrah I'll be very happySimon | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Dum I know - but- can anyone tell me the dimensions of the 25Kg box Mick ships in.Bought another used Supratek pre and can't get an answer re dimensions of the box which is holding up shipping.Tried Fedex website but no joy, maybe since I'm in the... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century sorry to be a nay sayer but I think Mick is pretty honest in regard to the psu unit needing to be spaced from the pre.I think a 0.5 mtr cord will mean that the proximity of the psu to the pre will introduce enough crap to nullify the lead.So it's ... | |
| Best sounding phono preamp under $600 Hi Bob,re the Musical Fidelity - I ran one of these for years, added the X-PSU and was stunned by the difference.Asked long and hard on here re thoughts on Phonomena vs. Camelot - varied opinions as one would expect.Just occured that buying a stag... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Ecclectique,thanks for that, I'm using a Mazda branded Mullard Gz 34(probably paid too much for it) but I have the chance of some Gz 37s at sensible prices hence my question.Using a pair of grey glass coke bottle type sylvania 6L6GAs - never se... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Just fired up my Syrah with a pair of Audiopax 88s.To anyone who reckons valve amps are noisy - I cannot believe this combo. With no signal passing it's so quiet I thought it was dead - astonishing.Not the place to post my thoughts on Pax Vs. Pass... | |
| Best sounding phono preamp under $600 Hi Bob,& physical animal.Without going into mega detail which is only my view in any case - the Quicksilver just seemed to give the best approximation of 'real' music.I listen to lots of live recordings and the Quicksilver was the one that had... |