Supratek Owners Thread


Greetings All - 
It appears that the 26-million-plus view, multi-decade "Preamp Deal of the Century" Supratek thread has been removed. I'm not sure why, but suppose there must be a reasonable explanation.
In any case, on that thread I recently asked whether there might be interest in a "Supratek owners thread" and received some interest. 
The purpose of this thread is for Supratek owners to share the details of their system, ask questions, share information about any tube-rolling they have done, and so forth.
I'll kick us off here with a few details about my system -
ancient Linn LP12 with Ittok arm, Dynavector 17D3 cartridge into Cortese LCR phono stage
Power amp is a fully serviced Innersound Electrostatic amplifier
Quad ESL63 speakers (not USA monitors) or JBL 4430 studio monitors
Digital sources are immature and evolving - ancient Fostex CR300 cd player/burner
DacMagic 100 DAC
Nordost Blue Heaven 75ohm interconnect
Due to the fairly long lengths of speaker wire required in the new listening room, speaker wire is Belden 12 gauge wire designed for low-voltage outdoor lighting systems. 
Next steps - dedicated circuit, new power cords, new interconnects, new wires.
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@chuckie  congrats and hope you get to set it up soon. I can tell by the difference between when I first turned it on till now that it needs some play time before it is judged. It just seems to really convey real instruments and singers better than any Preamp I've had which includes Marantz 7,Hovland HP100,Audible Illusions,and Conrad Johnson.

Skypop 

Glad to hear your getting some hours on your Cortese. I am sure it's beautifully designed and hope it exceeds your expectations. Thanks, for your sentiments and we are still hopeful that our storm season isn't as devastating as the past few years.

Do you have a lot of storms where you live? Hopefully you'll be back and running very soon. It's definitely worth the wait!😎

Guys,

Did any of you opt to upgrade your capacitors in your Supratek?

 

Thanks,

Wig

Wig,

 

I spoke with Mick before ordering mine and asked what upgrades I needed to consider.  He said the only decision was whether or not I wanted chrome.  I was a little surprised but that's the story.  I'm 2 months in.

 

Jeff