Preamp Deal of the Century

A little less than a year from now this thread will qualify as an adult. Amazing. Over 20 years old and this thread is still relevant. And Supratek is still producing "the Preamp deal of the Century".

Love my Supratek!

Skypop

I just checked and my Chardonnay left England and is enroute to the Ontario Service Area a couple of hours ago by DHL. I really don't think the Chardonnay will reach me by Tuesday June 21 according to DHL tracking.

It's official, my Cortese arrived this morning! So far its definitely sounding great! Only a few hours on it but from when I first put it into the system to now I can hear that it has opened up more, at first it sounded a little stuffy but not now lol. Mine is the dark wood base with chrome plate tops. The rest of my system consists of Magnepan 1.7i,and 3.6r's that I switch between sometimes,2 sunfire subs in use when the 1.7i's are playing,PS Audio M1200 amps, chord cutest dac,meridian cd transport and a meridian 518 processor, and my trusty Technics ML-1000 Mk2 Table with a Ortofon TA210 arm which I use different carts with. Everything sounds more lifelike and life-size. My other preamp is no slouch by any means-Marantz7 Preamp,technology moves on but I would still never sell my Marantz. 

As I mentioned above, the Supratek Chardonnay is an amazing preamp. It is now a few notches better because of the addition of the Revelation Audio Labs umbilical. Brad put 75 hours on that cable in his shop and I am reaping the benefits. I’ve listened 5 to 6 hours tonight and the improvement is quite significant. A cleaner presentation, better resolving, a richer midrange including vocals etc etc. If it weren’t for the many favorable comments about Brad‘s cable, I wouldn’t have given it a try. The rest of my system is….                                                                             Van Alstine SET 120 Control Amp
Supratek Chardonnay preamp
Fritz Carrera 7 BE speakers
Border Patrol SEi dac
iFi Zen Stream & Mojo Audio lps 
Wywires Silver cables & Audio Envy power cords
Roon, Tidal, Qobuz
PI Audio UberBUSS                            

Nickb, how do you like the Van Alstine amp ?

and your dac ?

Nice system.