Preamp Deal of the Century

Hi,

Would anyone be interested in the Supratek Sauvignon. About 7 months old. Usually used for around 1 hour every two weeks or so. Jarrah with polished stainless steel finish. Absolutely mint condition with Remote, XLR Output and home theatre pass through and original 2 packing fed-ex containers.

Since being a new father, finding quiet time for listening to music is extremely rare.

Regards

I just received my Chenin and noticed that the manual says that that moving magnet cartridges are not recommended. I have a Clearaudio mm cartridge that I like. It has a 3.5 volt output. Does anyone use their Chenin with a mm cartridge?

Hello Mlkiz. I use a grado statement MM with my syrah, however, the output is only .5 mv. Do you have any gain stage flexibilty on your new chenin? I would hazard to guess the 3.5 mv into the riaa stage of the chenin may be a touch high. The only way to really figure this out is to try it and see how it works. All the best.

From what I remember, Mick mentioned 2.5 mV max for the Chenin phono stage (In fact it is written on the manual, Page 1). Reason being is that the circuit is capable of amplifying 0.1 mV input so the lowest gain setting (of the two pots all the way counter clock wise)is still too high for input voltage over 2.5 mV.

I agree with Ecclectique. The only way to know is to try it. I think it will work but may produce some nasties. From what I can remember from the tubes use in stages 6922 and 6C4(1/2 of 12AX7) whose amplification factor can be (33 and 19.5), the gain will come up to be 643.5!

Congrats to your Chenin Mlkiz! I am enjoying mine everyday. Paired it with a 300B SET amp driving a single driver speaker design (MLTL, horn, etc.)and you will hear how good the phono stage really is. I think the money tube is the 6C4 though and not the 6922. It could be in my system only and of course I could be wrong.

I've been listening intensely for a day now to the Chenin and notice that while there doesn't seem to be any problem with gain for my Clearaudio mm cartridge with 3.5 v gain (I'm not even lowering the gain setting in the back), my records sound restricted at the top end. I can barely hear the cymbals and something subtle seems to be missing even from female vocals. The bass does sound great though. I don't seem to have this problem with cds. Has anyone ever encountered this? Any suggestions?