Preamp Deal of the Century

Hi folks, 
I am a new owner of a Supratek Chardonnay and i LOVE it, it is incredible! This unit has upgraded Jupiter flat caps, Lundhal transformers, Mundorf S/G/O in power along with much more and it is breathtakingly good, best i have had. Massively smitten kitten over here!

After trying the pre i am after some monos, does anyone have any feedback on the Merlots?

If anyone is thinking of selling some Supratek mono blocks please PM me : )

Enjoy the music

Cheers

Great to see the love downunder for Blue Circle products!

Another very good Canadian product is Don Sachs’ custom linestage 6SN7 tube-based preamp.
http://www.dsachsconsulting.com/custom%20line%20stage.html

Base model is US$1,699. You can add different tubes (Don highly recommends the Shuguang Black Treasure CV181z, I do too!), change the output caps to either Jupiter Copper, or Duelund CAST PIO-Cu, or add XLR connectors.

I just replaced my Doge 8 preamp, which I felt was great value for the money, with one of Don’s preamp. It don’t know if the difference I’m hearing is the result of going from a 12AT7-based preamp to 6SN7-based one, but the improvement in sound is startling.

With upgrades, my unit came in at AUD$2,700. Don stands by his work.

@shertzy - check out the Doge 9 monoblocks: US$4,000 (delivered direct from the factory)
http://www.doge.audio/products/tube-power-amps/doge-9-pab/

A review here: 

Nordicnorm - like you I had a Doge, inky black line stage, great dynamics and separation of players on the soundstage. What I couldn't  appreciate was it seamed like the midrange was turned down as a tone control might do. Further in owning other preamps with the same tube types I wrote it off as a design flaw. I've since moved on to other 6sn7 based preamps. While none that I've tried had a recessed midrange, thay all seam to have more 'meat on the bones' that seams to be a characteristic of the 6sn7 family. 

Was your experience similar when you moved to Don's preamp?

Hey guys, looks like Mick is back to building Supratek preamps again. This is great news! Mick has a new phono design for the Cortese preamp. Sounds like he has new products in the works. Here is a link to his blog. www.supratekaudio.blogspot.com.au

I hope he's finally using terminal strips to hold his parts in place.