Preamp Deal of the Century
Hi folks, I am a new owner of a Supratek Chardonnay and i LOVE it, it is incredible! This unit has upgraded Jupiter flat caps, Lundhal transformers, Mundorf S/G/O in power along with much more and it is breathtakingly good, best i have had. Massively smitten kitten over here! After trying the pre i am after some monos, does anyone have any feedback on the Merlots? If anyone is thinking of selling some Supratek mono blocks please PM me : ) Enjoy the music Cheers |
Great to see the love downunder for Blue Circle products! Another very good Canadian product is Don Sachs’ custom linestage 6SN7 tube-based preamp. http://www.dsachsconsulting.com/custom%20line%20stage.html Base model is US$1,699. You can add different tubes (Don highly recommends the Shuguang Black Treasure CV181z, I do too!), change the output caps to either Jupiter Copper, or Duelund CAST PIO-Cu, or add XLR connectors. I just replaced my Doge 8 preamp, which I felt was great value for the money, with one of Don’s preamp. It don’t know if the difference I’m hearing is the result of going from a 12AT7-based preamp to 6SN7-based one, but the improvement in sound is startling. With upgrades, my unit came in at AUD$2,700. Don stands by his work. @shertzy - check out the Doge 9 monoblocks: US$4,000 (delivered direct from the factory) http://www.doge.audio/products/tube-power-amps/doge-9-pab/ A review here: |
Nordicnorm - like you I had a Doge, inky black line stage, great dynamics and separation of players on the soundstage. What I couldn't appreciate was it seamed like the midrange was turned down as a tone control might do. Further in owning other preamps with the same tube types I wrote it off as a design flaw. I've since moved on to other 6sn7 based preamps. While none that I've tried had a recessed midrange, thay all seam to have more 'meat on the bones' that seams to be a characteristic of the 6sn7 family. Was your experience similar when you moved to Don's preamp? |
Hey guys, looks like Mick is back to building Supratek preamps again. This is great news! Mick has a new phono design for the Cortese preamp. Sounds like he has new products in the works. Here is a link to his blog. www.supratekaudio.blogspot.com.au |
