stevem1960
Responses from stevem1960
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks for the positive comments Fiddler & Jazzdude! And Jazzdude, I stand corrected about the gain issue, you are quite right, the new Cortese/Grange circuit maintains that high gain aliveness with apparently little noise.Brian, I can appreci... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century You guys need to calm down a bit here, and you may be missing the point about Mick's announcment.The issue at hand is all about 'controlling potential noise problems/mismatches with amplifiers from other manufacturers' with some further improvemen... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century The Supratek is a no brainer, unless you are spending big bucks, $8000USD or more...even then I don't know if the alternatives are better ??We need to go back to Tubegroover's comments of one month ago, with which I strongly agree...From Tubegroov... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Louis...going direct, been there and done that and the results can be very good, but it's not always the solution?Having gone down the direct/passive route and then to the Supratek Cortese and Cabernet preamps, I have to agree with Jazzdude and... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Which only confirms my view that a little bit of microphonics doesn't hurt - in fact it can enhance the sound!I have found that the 6SN7 is an inherently microphonic tube in any preamp. It might sound strange, but of the several different types of... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Agree with you 110% Tubegroover !!My relationship with Mick Maloney is a bit closer than most of you (see my ealier post on "Am I the Luckiest Man in the World"), so I have to be careful in what I say. But Tubegroover is right - the Supratek Corte... | |
| What LP shows what analog can do? Not all LP's sound good, but here are a few gooduns'...In my experience, the quality of vinyl recordings can be just as hit-n-miss as CDs. If you have not noticed this, then your system is not revealing enough and is hiding the fact with the eupho... | |
| Is vinyl dead ? Vader: Just saw the pics of your system, very nice!Please don't take offence, but I'm amazed at the amount of money people spend on tweaky things. It's as if you get to a level where you've GOT all the good things, and then there's nowhere left to... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Larry,From your description the First Sound pre looks like it's got great potential! I understand your apprehension about waiting a few months for the Supratek, but you know the old saying 'good things come to those who wait'.BTW, the Supratek ... | |
| Is vinyl dead ? Of course vinyl is NOT dead !!Vader: I've run Bel Canto DAC-1 and Perpetual Technologies P3A DACs for the last couple of years and was quite happy with them until I heard a Roksan Xerxes/Koetsu Rosewood turntable a couple of weeks ago. The sound o... | |
| et tu Koetsu? Hi Guys,I've been in and out of various turntables over the years, not really spending a lot of money on it, and then basically resorted to using CD's through the classy Bel Canto DAC-1 and/or Perpetual Technologies P3A converter mainly for reason... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Larry,You are quite within your rights to 'question' rather than just 'take a leap of faith' by purchasing a Supratek. But look at the specifications and design implementation of the Supratek, and you'll know it's built like no other.Tubegoover &a... | |
| Supratek Grange/Cabernet preamp "Am I the Luckiest Man Alive" Supratek IS THE BEST!!(My earlier Post, re-posted with corrections)Hello to BWhite; Steven; Asa; Slowhand; waltersalas; Fiddler ; Dennis the Menace; Jazzdude; Tubegroover and all the other happy Supratek owners at Aud... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century "Am I the Luckiest Man Alive" Supratek IS THE BEST!!(My earlier Post, re-posted with corrections)Hello to BWhite; Steven; Asa; Slowhand; waltersalas; Fiddler ; Dennis the Menace; Jazzdude; Tubegroover and all the other happy Supratek owners at Aud... | |
| Ok this will be a good thread. Keeping the dogs at bay (I'm a cat lover), and getting back on topic. SPEAKERS are obviously the most important link in the chain!! For the reason given by others above that they are the most prone to aspects of distortion. All modern electronic e... |