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| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello Larry,I waited almost 1 year to get my Cortese! Was it worth the wait? Absolutely! I know it seems to take forever, but the music coming from my Cortese is pure pleasure. Once you hear your pre for the first time you forget about that long w... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I would not count on the $3000 price. I hope he can come in near that price, but I remember when he was in the planning stages of the Burgandy amps. Mick was hoping for about $3500 and they ended up being $9000!! I spoke with Mick about building a... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello Steven1960,I know you live near Mick. What can you tell us about the KT-88 amp that is on Mick's website? Has he built one yet? I would love to own a Supratek amp to go with my Cortese, but the Merlot does not have enough power for my system. | |
| Patrick Lugnut Malone, 1950--2005 I will miss Pat very much. We met through our common interest in music and audio, but Pat taught me many Life lessons through dealing with his illness. He lived his life with dignity. I am proud to have called him my friend. My prayers are with hi... | |
| Need cartridge advice for Supratek preamp Hello West99,I used to use a Dynavector 20XL low output cartridge with my Syrah. It worked pretty well. I have since replaced the Dynavector with a ZYX Yatra. This is a much better cartridge and shows off the phono stage of the Syrah better. I hav... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Does anyone own any of Micks Amps? We all talk about how good the preamps are, but I would like to hear from some people that own a Supratek amp. What are your impressions? Is anyone out there interested in the new KT-88 based amp that Mick is wor... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I just found out the Pat Malone (lugnut) died last week. I am very sorry to hear this, but I know he is in a much better place now. Pat taught me a lot about life and how precious it is. I will miss him very much. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi guys,I was speaking with Mick about the new KT-88 based monoblock amps he is working on. He plans on offering a 50wpc version, a 100wpc version, and a intigrated amp version (sounds interesting). He thinks the price will be around $3000. That w... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I thought the 6106 was indirectly heated. I remember someone telling me that I needed to wait at least a minute after turning the pre on to play music because the 6106 takes longer than most tubes to come up to full power. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Well guys, I remember when I first got my Syrah I was very impressed at how good the line stage sounded. As I remember it, others that got the Syrah were also impressed with the line stage being as good as it was.The Cortese is a whole other beast... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks for the offer David. I have a friend here in town that has the cardas sweep record. I kind of like hearing the changes in the sound as the Cortese breaks in, so I guess I will let it break in on it's own. It will take longer, but that is ok... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks Steve,Mine has the Mundorf caps too. Mick told me it will take a long time to break them in. I hope to have most of the weekend to do some serious listening to LP's | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century My amp is the Berning ZH270. It has a volume control of it's own, but if I dial back the volume on the Berning the music is not as full or dynamic. By running the volume all the way up on the Berning you take that control out of the circuit. This ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Guys,It is tough to pull myself away from the Cortese. It is sounding better everyday. I have about 50 hours on the line stage, less on the phono stage. Now that I figured out the gain swtches, it sounds fantastic. I do not recommend playing in... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks guys for getting me straight on the setup of the tubes. I got them in last night. When I first played the Cortese last night I was kind of unimpressed. It sounded hard and brittle with no bass. I let it play overnight and it did seem to sou... |