Wow! That's a real bombshell, Brian. You're saying that Mick sold an obviously defective product on A'gon, knowing that it was improperly manufactured (by himself)? That doesn't represent his product very well. "Horribly malfunctioning and miswired"? YIKES!! Was it dangerous? How many high-end manufacturers would sell an obviously defective product that they assembled, knowing that it's performance would be evaluated as the benchmark for that product's capabilities by whomever happens to be the next unlucky owner? The more owners that have it (and there will be many if it sucks), the more bad opinions are created about the product. And all will be saying the same thing..."what's the big deal with these Supratek pre-amps?" I know I am. And so is Jeffga. High-end audio is a comparatively small market, and word spreads fast. I'm amazed that he would allow this to happen. Was this disclosed to Jeffga when Mick sold it to him? Why wasn't it shipped back for correction, as opposed to "dumping" it on A'gon? This could be the topic of a thread all by itself.
Preamp better than Cortese?
It seems Supratek offers enormous value for $$.
So far from above posts it seems Audio Note (ok 50% costlier) and H-CATs (cheaper) are the preamps compared to and MIGHT be better than Cortese (ok it is subjective). Any other pres like Ayre K1x or transformer passives like Silver Rock/Bent TX102s/Dog which might be comparable to Cortese in performance?
Skorpio
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