One more vote for the PL Dialogue HP. Don't be penny wise pound foolish. Spend a bit more for a very musical and very well designed amp that will get you off the merry-go-round need to upgrade. I did not consider any tube amps with circuit boards. Not a good idea. At least if you plan on keeping the amp long term. A couple of caveats as noted above. If I want to listen to music with serious low end content, I use my solid state gear. Secondly, your speakers need to present the proper load for a tube amp. If you accept and get this right, you will love the the HP.
Primaluna Dialogue poremium, Rogue Cronus Magnum II or Jolida 801...who can advise me?
So good morning all..
I am a novice to tubes and an old guy as far as Solid State goes. I am taking the plunge into tubes and planning on an integrated amp.
Currently I have a close to 30 year old set of Paradigm Export Monitors that I bought new many years ago and still are in awesome shape, with a sensitivity around 89dB, but am planning on a set of Tekton Design Lore speakers at 98 dB....I listen primarily to vinyl and although I have heard the PL recently in southern NH at Audio Video Therapy, I like the pricing of the Rogue better and the fact it has both a headphone amp and a Phono stage built in. Who has experience with both and what are our thoughts? And just for entertainment purposes, I also am considering the Jolida 801 Integrated....
Thanks!
I am a novice to tubes and an old guy as far as Solid State goes. I am taking the plunge into tubes and planning on an integrated amp.
Currently I have a close to 30 year old set of Paradigm Export Monitors that I bought new many years ago and still are in awesome shape, with a sensitivity around 89dB, but am planning on a set of Tekton Design Lore speakers at 98 dB....I listen primarily to vinyl and although I have heard the PL recently in southern NH at Audio Video Therapy, I like the pricing of the Rogue better and the fact it has both a headphone amp and a Phono stage built in. Who has experience with both and what are our thoughts? And just for entertainment purposes, I also am considering the Jolida 801 Integrated....
Thanks!