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| Upgraded McCormack DNA-1 or Dennis Had Inspire SEP? I own the KT88 Fierebottle amp by Dennis Had. I have had a blast with it but I am a bit of an odd fish to say the least. My system sounds amazing with it but for me being able to try different tubes is a big draw. I love the tubes themselves and I... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread My 6 month evaluation of the Cabernet is that I love it. Took me a while to sort things out but now my old preamp sounds downright harsh. I have found that tube selection makes a huge difference. I’ve also found that when I change tubes in the Cab... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread So either I am really stupid or the Cabernet has one of the most epic transformations with burn in ever. I have complained multiple times about how my Cabernet preamp couldn’t handle the 4v output of my DAC via its balanced inputs. Well, I tried i... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread If you already have 6sn7 and equivalents you like I would just go with that. If you get curious about 6j5 tubes you can always use an adapter to go from 1 6sn7 to 2 6j5. If you are someone that likes experimenting with tubes you might want to... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread @hawkrising said: I ordered a Cabernet 6SN7 a couple of weeks ago. Expecting a three-month wait. Came here to learn more about this preamp. Looking forward to receiving it. I have come to love mine. I will say my initial impression was an ov... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Well, I finally did it, I knew I would. I can switch between 6sn7 and 12sn7 on my Cabernet and I zapped some 6v tubes with 12v. Just wish it wasn’t my round plate Ken Rad 6f8g tubes! I left them on for several minutes like that before realizing wh... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread "Whats the benefit of doing the 12v?"Just the cost really. The price difference between 6sn7 and 12sn7 can be dramatic especially considering that they are the same tubes other than the heater voltage. The data between 12j5 and 6j5 probably isn't ... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Ooh, ask him to do the 12v for that. 12j5 tubes go for a song! Hmm, wonder if you could also use 6c5 tubes. In any case it's always better to have more tubes on display lol. | |
| Supratek Owners Thread I posted in the tube rolling thread but it looks like this has more activity so ai'll post here too. I got my Cabernet about a month ago. When I ordered I had Mick add a switch that allows me to use either 6sn7 or 12sn7 tubes. The vintage 6sn7 tub... | |
| Supratek Tubes and Tube Swappin' for Everybody Sorry, this is a Cabernet. Just a line preamp, no phono. | |
| Supratek Tubes and Tube Swappin' for Everybody I know this thread hasn't been super active recently but thought I'd drop my experiments in here. I got my Cabernet about a month ago. Mine has a twist though. I had Mick put in a switch so that I could use wither 6sn7 or 12sn7 tubes. I have accum... | |
| Does anyone out there own a Supratek Malbec or Mondeuse amp? I will be getting my Cabernet within the next couple of weeks. I'm looking forward to hearing what it can do in my system. I noticed a 6l6 based set of mono blocks he highlighted in his blog. It is essentially exactly what I am looking for. While ... |