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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
slowhand
slowhand OP
610 posts
 
Can't say I have heard the Supratek with the Pass labs gear, but I would think it would sound great together. As for the theater pass through on the Cortese, Mick hand builds all preamps to your needs.
cello
645 posts
 
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Mhu,
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No Worries. Your Cabernet will get much, much better in the next 2-300 hours and then the NOS tubes will take it to yet another level.
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Prepare you drool bucket now while there is still time.
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Congratulations
Rgds, Larry
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ongkaku
31 posts
 
I have the Cabernet for about five months now and yesterday I finally unplugged the 6f6g's and put in the 350B's. (I have been resisting the temptation until yesterday - after a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon^_^). The 350B's brought the sonic performance to another level, or I should say several levels up. Now I am wondering what would happen when the tubes arrive that magical 300-hour mark?

Cheers,
Kenji
jazzdude
332 posts
 
Mhu - i'm really glad you like the cabernet so much. i would just leave it on and playing at low levels so you can rack up the burn-in time quickly. i got about 4500 hours on my cabernet and it sings like you wouldn't believe.

everyone - i am tweaking the system a bit. wrapping up a home audition of a dac. when i put my EVS dac back in the system i decided to place some EVS step attentuators on the outputs. don't know about others but my system is high-gain and i could never get the supratek volume above 30%. so i attentuated the source signal to the point that i could use most of the volume on the supratek. it just allows me to hear more of the cabernet in the system and less of the dac's outputs. boy is it ever smokin good now. this calls for some espolon anejo and an ashton vsg.

also noticed now that i can turn up the volume on the supratek that i can hear rfi from the supratek remote bleeding through the system. of course this only happens when i'm actually using the remote. so it isn't a cause for alarm just curiosity.
cello
645 posts
 
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Jazzdude,
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Glad your Cabernet is doing so well for you. Thanks for sharing about using the step EVS attenuators on the outputs.....very intersting.
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Thanks,
Rgds,
Larry
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