LM 508ia is way better in your price range.
as tube 805 is on very high level of the tube world and they provide 48w X2 power,which can meet a lot of speaker.
Tube Integrated vs Tube Seperates
I’m looking into buying a tube setup. Thinking it will be Primaluna because I find tube amps a bit intimidating and I will be putting lots of hours on it. Because these factors Primaluna seems like at least a good place to start for me. Thanks to all who gave me there impressions in my previous post about Primaluna. Anyway, looking for people’s take on tube integrated vs tube seperates. Really what I’m looking for in the move is more holographic soundstage, bloom, air, and an over all more lifelike presentation. Will I get more of these qualities by going Dialogue preamp into Dialogue amp, or with the Dialogue HP integrated, or will it be very similar? Any thoughts are much appreciated
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@canibefrank The most weakness of the integragted amplifier is that the pre and power inside used the some electric source, and then splite energy inside,so the pre affect the power, and power affect the pre, which suppose to be independent. Pre has very important job to do and the job is quite different from amplifier. The name pre is not suitable at all, it is called magnifier. so the siginal from the CD or streamer should first go magnify and then amplify and then go to speaker. That is the procedure, but in integrated, they merge the step 1 and step 2 into one step. That is the reason.
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@sandthemall +1 " Knowing what I know now,I would have gotten a Line Magnetic or a Luxman Class A integrated. "Primaluna is something I should have tried much earlier in my journey"
Very good words! You talk about the true story! The tube world is very large,and Luxman Class A,even it is SS,can win a lot of tube amplifier. BUT some people do not aware of. |