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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
nquery
103 posts
 

@ghasley Fair enough. Did you prefer the PL?

ghasley
2,434 posts
 

@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.

nquery
103 posts
 

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

ghasley
2,434 posts
 

Primaluna el34 to lm el34 is a toss up. Leben el34 better than both. listen, there are alot of great amps. 

paulcreed
536 posts
 

I’ve got to comment on the gentleman that said the Don Sachs Kootenay was drier and sounds more solid state. Sir you can’t be more farther from the truth. I own a Kootenay and my brother owns a Evo 400. I’m not going to get into a comparison. 

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