PrimaLuna EVO 400 v Cary SLI-100


I've never owned anything other than solid state but I am increasingly intrigued with tubes.  Thinking of "investing" $5K or so in an all-tube integrated to (at least initially) drive my Klipsch Heresys.  Any thoughts on these two choices?  Is there another choice in this range?

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My Cornwall 4's are moved by an arrangement of components that have proven to be very well matched to the task.. The PL EVO 400 Pre is sandwiched between a Holo May KTE DAC and a pair of AGD Audion Mk3 monoblocs. The CD transport is a Jay's CDT3 Mk3. The Primaluna pre uses NOS Mullards in the rectifier positions and a pair of NOS Amperex "Bugle Boy" 12au7's from the late 1950's in the gain positions. This took awhile to become a stellar setup as most of these components needed a lot of break-in. The PL was already broken in.

It did finally take some extensive fiddling with power cables and IC's to get everything just right, but that is par for the course.

It might be helpful to inject some cross-slang here and see if any insightful daydreams come forth.

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