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
Question about the WE 350B used as a regulator in Supratek preamps. A lot of people have commented on improved base response. I am curious to know if anyone has tried to measure the enhanced freq response. I particular would that be the lowest octave from 20-40hz, the middle octave from 40-80hz, or the upper octave from 80-160hz. Most pop, jazz and rock doesn't contain much below 40hz except for ambient venue noise and note decay. Guitar goes roughly from 80-980hz. Kettle drums reproduce the 80-160hz range. Acoustic and electric bass guitar and the harp are the only string instruments I can think of that are present in the 40-80hz octave.
Anyway if any WE350B users can give me feedback i'd appreciate it greatly.
I went to the Supratek site at: http.www.supratek.biz hoping to find information and pricing on options available for the Supratek preamps, namely internal electronics options, and external finishes. Unfortunately I found no such info. Does it exist at all on the Internet, or do I need to contact Supratek directly?
I got it, it works ,it's beautiful, But and there is always a but, the volume is really really really tight, like so tight I don't want to turn it, I have the optional remote volume installed and that doesn't seem to work. Anybody have this problem?
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