Preamp Deal of the Century

I think the Philips/Meitner rig DOES cost an arm and a leg! I believe they are about 10K?

You might look up John Wright at museatex.com. He is modifying Ed Meitners "older" products. I recently got one of the Bidat DACs modified by John and it's simply the best digital I have ever heard (and I've owned just about every one box player worth owning). The DAC including mods cost me 900 bucks total. Don't let the price fool you. This thing is the real deal.

Congratulations on your Teres upgrade! That will be sweet I'm sure.

HELLO Gang.The preamp will indeed operate without regulator tubes, However... please do not operate the preamp without them. The purpose of the regulators is to smooth out the dc ripple from the rectifier tube to maintain a correct and steady dc voltage to the other tubes.

Hi Bwhite. Wow, $10k certainly is an arm and a leg. Fat chance of me getting that rig. I think I might very well follow through on your Bidat recommendation.

Yea, I'm looking forward to the Teres upgrade - should be quite a treat. Cheers.

I usually have little response to the postings here on A'gon, but after reading the hundreds of wonderful postings regarding the Supratek I simply couldn't resist.

Currently, I have found, what I think, IMHO, is actually the best preamp in the world. OK, I know that sounds strong, especially after all the wonderful comments above about the Syrah preamp. Truly, after everything that everyone had to say, I must admit I am curious about this absolute, knock-out, spank-your-momma gorgeous Syrah preamp.

OK, I understand that by now everyone who is reading my remarks is saying 'Alright already, so what is this best preamp in the world?'. Well, fellow Audiogoners, the answer is: NO PREAMP at all. I am plugging my CDP directly into my power amp with astonishing results.

I know this isn't an option for everyone, and, in all honesty, sometimes I do think about adding a turntable to my system again. After reading all the wonderful things that everyone had to say regarding the Syrah preamp, and looking at this beautiful preamp, my juices begin to flow. Not to mention that the price certainly seems more than fair.

This all leads me to asking a few questions. Does anyone have any thoughts they would like to share with me about adding a Syrah into a non-preamp system such as mine? To my ears, nothing has sounded as good as going direct, but if I add a TT this becomes a necessity. Also, did I read that this preamp is remote controlled? Lastly, what about Supratek's power amps? Anyone have any experience with them?

In advance, thanks for your thoughts...Happy Listening!

Louis

Outlier... our friend Twl doesn't like me to say this... :)
After hearing a turntable in my system, I became disgusted with all my previous $10K cd setups...I sold it all.

Then months later, I bumped into someone who turned me on to the Bidat.

Anyhow, sad to say, the Bidat makes me wonder why I bother with a turntable... Its that good. Unfortunately the Bidats are hard to find. Another Meitner product which seems to be more available is the Melior DAC which I have never heard. It too can be modified & taken to another level for $300. You might talk to Audiogon user "Sutts" as he is doing a comparison between it and his Audio Note DAC3 Balanced. He could give you some insight on the Melior.