I have to disagree with Rodman on the Prima Luna. here is a write up of the components that are used with the Dialogue integrated,which is the same throughout their line.
"ALPS volume control. Nichicon and Realcap capacitors. Gold plated heavy duty speaker terminals and gold plated input jacks."
These are not cheap Chinese components.Yes it is assembled in China, but if you look at the point to point wiring you will see that it is very well done indeed.
Also the entire design is done in the Netherlands,and these components are all european.So what you are getting is a Euro design,assembled in China to keep costs down(and margins up).
It does however come with Chinese tubes,but tube rolling is what this thing does best,since it can use EL34,KT88,and 6550s with auto biasing taking care of itself.
I am also curious about the auto biasing in respect of tube life. If the cirucits are always in perfect bias does this help keep the tubes in better shape longer? Also does this mean they sound better longer?
That said, I am very interested in a Dynaco St70.Since these beautys are quite "vintage",doesn't it stand to reason that the caps MUST be replaced? Also I understand that the original rectifier is downright dangerous and also must be replaced with a diode/solid state version?
I have also seen full Triode versions of the Dynaco,how does it sound and what are the specs?
What I am very curious about is the cloth lead transformers sounding better than the new and sometimes more powerful replacements. When looking at ads on Agon and Ebay, the cloth lead originals are always stated as desirable.Is this true? Also,are the new boards available the same circuit,recreated or are they tweeking the sound? Which one sounds better, and why?
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"ALPS volume control. Nichicon and Realcap capacitors. Gold plated heavy duty speaker terminals and gold plated input jacks."
These are not cheap Chinese components.Yes it is assembled in China, but if you look at the point to point wiring you will see that it is very well done indeed.
Also the entire design is done in the Netherlands,and these components are all european.So what you are getting is a Euro design,assembled in China to keep costs down(and margins up).
It does however come with Chinese tubes,but tube rolling is what this thing does best,since it can use EL34,KT88,and 6550s with auto biasing taking care of itself.
I am also curious about the auto biasing in respect of tube life. If the cirucits are always in perfect bias does this help keep the tubes in better shape longer? Also does this mean they sound better longer?
That said, I am very interested in a Dynaco St70.Since these beautys are quite "vintage",doesn't it stand to reason that the caps MUST be replaced? Also I understand that the original rectifier is downright dangerous and also must be replaced with a diode/solid state version?
I have also seen full Triode versions of the Dynaco,how does it sound and what are the specs?
What I am very curious about is the cloth lead transformers sounding better than the new and sometimes more powerful replacements. When looking at ads on Agon and Ebay, the cloth lead originals are always stated as desirable.Is this true? Also,are the new boards available the same circuit,recreated or are they tweeking the sound? Which one sounds better, and why?
curious mind needs to know
e