stevem1960
Responses from stevem1960
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi, I've used the Cortese & Grange preamps with Nuforce; Bel Canto; eAR; Panasonic and ICE based digital amps. Sounds good with all of them. Valves bring a certain dimension, body and lushness to the party that helps the slightly cool-neutral ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi People ...haven't posted here for a while. Just reporting that Mick Maloney visited my house a few days ago with Malbecs and Mondeuse monobloc amplifiers in hand, to try out on my Apogee Stage ribbon loudspeakers. Well, the amps sounded wonderf... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Sorry to say Kwkwsr, but there's no contest between Supratek and the Prometheus TVC ...the Suprateks just sound much more alive and real, IMO! I've had the TVC in my home to compare alongside my Supratek preamp and while the TVC was very nice soun... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Arkio: That's a good account of things, IMO I think Mick's sound is very sorted out and his circuits so well evolved that these 'add-ons' make little difference. Other than a need to control microphonics sometimes, which IME is usually tube relate... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century BE VERY CAREFUL WITH NON-STOCK umbilicals for Supratek preamps! One wrong connection by the cable maunfacturer and POOF!! its the end of your preamp. There are specific voltages being fed from each pin the power supply to the preamp section - get ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Slowhand: I have'nt tube-rolled for five years! And, I've got many nice 6SN7's including Mullards; Brimars; Sylvanias; Toshiba and KenRads ...waste of time, Micks preamps are BEST as delivered with fresh tubes and as adjusted by him. Tube rolling ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Tvad: I know the feeling with tape recorders, they're an excellent medium. I use to transfer my CDs onto Nakamichi tape decks or a nice Pioneer RT-909 reel-to-reel (Mick's got that machine now) and the results were superb! Kind of like the music g... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Well said Opus88, a good description of the varying nature of recorded music vs. live performances. Sometimes I just can't understand what's going on in my system, it can be spot on one minute and then you fiddle with something and that illusive '... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Trust me, Mick *can* make a preamp sound anyway he likes( the man is a whiz and I've seen and heard it first hand), but I suppose its not possible to suggest these things because of the tyranny of distance. Be forwarned, the Cortese is at another ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Maril ...just as a matter of interest, have you discussed your concerns with Mick Maloney? It seems strange that any Supratek piece should exhibit glare, it is not in the mien of valve gear to sound glarey. Quite the opposite really, valves are tr... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century That second last paragraph on the Grange sounds totally fictitious to me and possibly contrived rubbish from another jealous manufacturer!Firstly, why would anyone just abandon a new $9,000 Rolls Royce of a preamplifier (unless you're a millionair... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Agreed Slowhand, Mick is a vinyl junkie and his phonos are hard to beat at ANY price let alone $400!Regards,Steve. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Richmon: With your concerns about heat, just stick a 4"x4" square double layer of aluminium tinfoil (shiney side out) under the shelf above your power supply tube, it should act as a heatshield. Since you have an open sided shelf, heat build up sh... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Cello: Sounds like a tube on its way out ??With all due respect, you have a thoroughbred race horse (in the Grange) that you are trying to fix. Consult the master Mick Maloney first before you do anything else, or you may regret further unforeseen... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Mahalo: The Supratek preamps sound beautiful with Classical music. Being a tube pre, the harmonic structure and emotion of soaring violins; the drama of orchestral crescendos and the sense of the Hall or venue is portrayed with real depth and dime... |