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Preamp Deal of the Century

If anyone is looking for a true "World Class" preamp at a very fair price..heed my advice. I just recieved a Supratek Syrah preamp that was hand built by Mick Maloney in Western Australia, and it is absolutely beautiful! This preamp is the best deal you will ever find. I would put it up against any preamp out there for both looks and sound. Price? $2500 for the Syrah (includes Killer Phono stage). Not into phono? Try the Chardonney line stage for $2100. Don't get me wrong, I am not associated with this company. I am just a very happy owner! This preamp is VERY dynamic, yet liquid. It conveys the sound of music better than any other preamp that I have ever heard! You can check out the Supratek website at www. cantech.net.au
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simon74
216 posts
 
Groovy, we can all hike the price of our handbuilts!
I have only ever heard of one other Suprtek in the UK,
A Cortese which I tried to buy from a dealer - but it was not in yet - so why advertise it.
Simon
ecclectique
509 posts
 
Hey Indigorose. Congrats on the new Supratek....and a GRANGE no less. Simon, there are many applicable alternative subs for the 6L6 in the regulator position. IMHO the tung sol 5881 as well as the rest of 6L6 family are grossly overpriced/performance due to the huge demand by the guitar guy's. The voltage rating for any version is a non issue in the supratek anyway and nothing to worry about. The early shoulder bottle types are typically the better sounding though. The nutty prices we see on the metal based gz34's are for a very good reason.... they really are that good in most high resolution amplification however, a good old mullard, amperex or Valvo are very close if tests strong and each section is closely matched.
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raytheprinter
1,234 posts
 
Thanks Simon!
indigorose
13 posts
 
I'd like to know where Larry get his information from. I've been speaking with Mick for the past couple of weeks, and haven't heard anything about him not personally building my Grange. In fact, it was quite obvious that he had a lot of work to do and was building units as fast as he could. Waiting times certainly aren't down. I see no evidence to support larry's claim. Spreading rumors without fact is poor form.
larryrosen
83 posts
 
Mick posted in this thread on December 31 that:

Big things coming up for Supratek this year. It will no longer be a one man operation- Kevin Covi and an European audiophile invester are coming in as partners . Supratek will have considerable financial clout to enable it to increase production and improve service.

I am not trying to spread false rumors. One can reasonbly assume, that as production increases, and the wait time decreases, he cannot personlly build all the units by himself. If the consensus believes my post to be mis-leading, I will revise it. It is not my intention to spread false rumors, just to market my Cabernet.
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