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.
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 its great that you enjoy yours. Its all about expectations and proper matching. Mine is in a closet…Im likely going to list if for sale in the coming week or two. It just never did it for me. |
@ghasley Fair enough. Did you prefer the PL? |
@nquery primaluna is more versatile than the lower end LM integrateds, since it can run more tubes. That isnt the direction I went. I prefer Leben running el34’s but I have three other amps I prefer, none of which are cross shopped with those being discussed. The LM 805 sounds wonderful, dont get me wrong, but I didnt like needing to run a cheater plug and the hum adjustment pots are included for a reason. If you run sensitive speakers….its never truly gone. |
