jslateiv
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| Supratek Owners Thread @tholt ,.. The gain reduction is mainly for matching the pre to very sensitive amps,..(ie, solidstate) where there would not be much play in the VC. It is best left un-engaged if it is not needed but is pretty transparent when in use. With mos... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread As @isaacc7 mentioned, Mick stopped making them back when Covid hit due to an extremely high backlog of Pre's need to be made. I believe orders have since slowed down a little for him and I'd be willing to bet he would make or certainly consider... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread I have found that a good 50hrs seems to open up the OPT's,.. I always hear a difference in the first hour as the unit gets hot and temps stabilize. Tubes can be hit or miss with their own break in,.. some don't require much time and some do,.... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread @tksteingraber You will hear a little crackling when the remote is used due to the motor interacting with the high gain circuit. You should only hear it while the motor is turning the vol up or down (remote) though. Should stop once you take y... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread They do take a little time to settle in when new. You'll notice a nice difference within a couple days (20-30hrs),. Those Output transformers need a little juice running through them to open up.. The supra's also like to be at stable operating ... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Honestly @tksteingraber I wouldn't worry about asking Mick to send replacement sn7's. Your better off finding some good ole NOS USA (or new/current) ones from a reputable local (US) source and going that route. Things take such a beating these... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread depending upon the 300b tubes you have installed maybe, maybe not.. you need to measure. the dimensions of the GF tube are given at the site. | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Congrats! I have one here. A very good circuit without doubt. | |
| Supratek Owners Thread The XLR in is transformer based so yes, it is a true balanced input converted by transformer to single-ended for the circuit. The circuit itself (gain stages) are not balanced. The output is transformer based as well and able to truly balance... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread @gryphongryph Contact Mick and get my contact info. I'd like to discuss your issue a little more but feel like we should take the convo off line from this thread. | |
| Supratek Owners Thread There is a 'mute' switch, yes. but you have to engage/disengage it manually. Not automatic at startup/shutdown. | |
| Supratek Owners Thread The original dual was adjustable on both channels. His current version 300/SN7 is adjustable on the 300b. SN7 is only main VC. @Gryphongryph , does the gain adjust the sn7 output ? Regardless, if your losing a channel when you engage it, ... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread The balance shift is slight. The control is not implemented in the traditional style where it is another shunt to grd. in addition to the Vol. pot. Mick does this purposely because there is less degradation to the signal but the caveat is that ... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread The Chrome is plated over a copper chassis. He used to offer a straight copper that was polished (pics on his website) but did away with it. There is a ‘antique copper’ finish that is more a copper/hammertone type finish over a copper chassis. ... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread Btw,.. the difference between the 2 is pre circuit. Chard. hey s a traditional resistor loaded circuit, 2stage, direct coupled. Cab uses some CCS load, direct coupled as well. Both are parafeed output as all Suprateks are. |