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Supratek Owners Thread
Which flavor do you have? DHT dual active? You using mainly a TT with it or digital too? 
Tube question: any sonic difference in 6SN7 vs 6H30 vs 6H80 in the amp's signal position?
True, the first amp using the tubes was your Novacron Ralph 
Tube question: any sonic difference in 6SN7 vs 6H30 vs 6H80 in the amp's signal position?
Don't forget the same tube 6C33C was used on Russian ICBMs guidance systems  
Supratek Owners Thread
Anyone care to comment on the new Grange preamp? I don't recall seeing any comments about the sound. 
SET the best?
LOL @antigrunge I have yet to see a post from Ralph's claiming he makes the best amps or any superiority claims. If you can find it post it hereFor the record I owned a pair of MA-1's that Ralph makes and these work with a very wide range of speak... 
SET the best?
The destination should be contentment, not perfection.Well said Markuskind of energy that makes you want to throw a chair through the window or at least be able to get you excited@bjesien remind me not ever to be on a listening session with you pl... 
What preamp with your GaN power amp?
OP, the Atmasphere is an excellent preamp, very transparent and neutral I can vouch for it as I own one. The Supra is a good preamp too but completely different sound, it depends on what you like. 
LinLai WE 300B or the LinLai Global Elite Permaloy 300B tubes ?
Indeed Charles, I own the 45's XLS, excellent quality and great sound 
Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.)
Bob nailed itKidding aside I'm on the same path and don't know what to get yet is it US or a thread machine. My home situation might change soon (for the best), right now I'm financially stranded and on small town home but following this thread, t... 
What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”?
Hqplayer is an app that runs on a PC, can be under windows or Linux in headless mode. It is not a streamer you can say it transports the audio but conceptually I see it differently. When you send audio to a dac the Dac uses internal upsampling and... 
What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”?
For the OP, no one has mentioned the front end, as a matter of fact yes, some have reported changing the server made most of the impact and I believe what they are experiencing I have tried a project S2, rme adi-2, Denafrips terminator, holo may, ... 
What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”?
I'll have a shootout between that and the DAVE/M Scaler combo...@larsmanDid you ever tried the shootout?  
Solid state amplifiers and sound stage, especially front to back "depth"
Thank you for the kind words Hilde, the 535 it is definitely undervalued, my current 535 loan probably doesn’t have much left from its original guts, it has Chris Hoppe’s power supply and other mods https://hoppesbrain.com/ but the sound with 4 oh... 
Solid state amplifiers and sound stage, especially front to back "depth"
@hilde45 interesting discussion, I just noticed that this seemed to have steered into the tubes vs SS conundrum and I may have missed it but the old speaker synergy could have been overlooked. I have been going through some changes in my audio sys... 
Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms
Thank you Chak, appreciate the correction.Hahaha Nandric, Luis at your disposal, very useful your duality.