Comparing Ultraverve to CJ 16 or Supratek preamps

Frankk,
From your previous thread, I believe you would gain the most from cables. I also have the Ultraverve and recently moved up the Gabriel Gold line to the Revelations. It is astonishing how good these cables are and very involving. If interested, contact Steve(STS) and see what he has coming up for sale. The Dehavilland is a keeper.

I will soon be replacing my Ultraverve with a preamp built my me. I am using the Erno Borbely line stage and power supply in a custom chassis with P&G volume control.
My present Ultravere is fitted with the the Gold point step attenuator with remote control, the output caps replaced with Mundorf SIO and some resistor upgrades. Extensive tube rolling has been done for the 6sn7 type.
I have been comparing both the preamps side by side for the past two months and all I can say that the Borbely line stage is better in most areas. It is amazing that this SS preamp sounds so harmonically rich, smooth and non fatiguing with excellent control of bass, glorious midrange and sweet extended highs.
The Ultraverve is also fantastic, one of the great preamp out there, but this one is a step up.

In general, the CJ pres are warm and lush sounding.

The ART and Premier 16LS broke that mold. In its day, the 16LS was considered a radical departure from the CJ house sound. While the last of the century tier 1 Premier models - and today's equivalents - remain on the yin side of imaginary neutral, its inaccurate to paint them with the same brush as decades old product (pre-1996). The CJ Premier 16, imo, was and remains best-of-breed at its price point.
 
Tim
 

Nakolawala,
Can you tell me how do the sound of the modified UltraVerve compared to the stock one ? I'm interested to know the differences besides the remote control. Who knows, I might upgrade mine if I feel is a step up.