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Primaluna?

I’m thinking about giving a full tube setup a go and Primaluna in particular.  Looking to hear people’s experiences with Primaluna in general. My main draw to them outside of tubes is there auto bias and protective features.  Wondering if people generally replace a single bad tube or if people are replacing all tubes of that type when there’s a failure.  Also would be interested if there were any other companies with at least a similar protective feature. The auto bias sounds great but the protective features are a bigger deal to me.  

brylandgoodman

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nquery
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Surprised no one has mentioned Line Magnetic. I have had a PL Evo 300 and the LM 805ia (which I now own) in the same room and it wasn't even close. The LM805ia has two individual biases for each channel that can be adjusted on the fly at any moment. Which might be once every few months.

nquery
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PL was fine sounding but the Line Magnetic is a big step up for roughly the same price and power. if you search this and other forums I think you’ll consistently find the same amswer amongst those who have actually listened to both.

nquery
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@ghasley Fair enough. Did you prefer the PL?

nquery
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Indeed I have compared the PL to the LM in my same room. I did not compare 805’s to the common PL tubes in isolation - not sure what amp allows for that. Just offering another (better) option for the OP that is easy to bias and is in the same bracket.

Yes it puts out a lot heat, but that’s the cost of 48 watts of SET magic.

nquery
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Interesting. I never had trouble dialing in the hum pots with my 90db Spendor’s. Dead quiet. A tiny bit of transformer hum if I put my head up next to the amp which might be DC offset. Agreed that PL might be more versatile but I don’t think they compare when it comes to SQ. Cheers

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