Preamp Deal of the Century

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David,
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Thanks for the detailed explanation of the Mundorf's performance.
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Is is possible to break-in the Mundorf's before putting them in one's system ?
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Rgds,
Larry
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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. Thanks also for the explanation of the Mundorf Supremes. Sounds like I have a lot to look forward to.

Hello Larry,

I am enjoying the Cortese very much. The power supply on the Cortese gets much hotter than the power supply on the Syrah. It is also much heavier. Mick says I should be able to use the Bendix 6106 in the Cortese, but he said ther have been a couple of failures. I am not ready to put in NOS tubes yet, but I sure hope I can use the 6106.

Hi Larry.I guess it would be similiar to a flower-lover observing a rose bud as it opens up into a beautiful flower. Perhaps some people may find the ritual of capacitor run-in an enlightning or rewarding experience. Once is more than enough for me thank you very much, though it really is amazing to hear it morph out. The quickest way I know of, is to wire the capacitor in series with an 8 ohm resistor and then hook them across the speaker terminals of any old receiver/ amplifier.The 8 ohm resistor is basically a dummy load for the amplifier to see.Leave it on for 4 or 5 days dialed in to a radio station and your good to go. If you have a spare cd player you can simply run it in repeat mode with a selection of music containing an extended bandwidth. I use the Denson "frequency sweep cd" as it contains a full scale sweep that covers every octave. Warning!!!you certainly wouldn't want to listen to it though.

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. The line stage is still very good, but the phono stage, ooh that phono stage! I don't know if it is the direct transformer coupling or what, but this phono stage is stunning. I don't think I will be listening to that many CD's with a phono stage like this. The soundstage on LP's is already very big. Once the Mundorfs break in it should be HUGE!

My Cortese doesn't turn on . I was listening to it then I turned it off for a while to change some tubes and it wouldn't turn on . I changed all the tubes in the power supply and it still doesn't turn on. It's about 2.5 years old, I didn't see any fuses inside . Any suggestions ?
I will email Mike.

Thanks
Abill