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Line Magnetic LM219ia
Also, you might want to browse through this A'gon FORUM thread -  ine Magnetic 219ia vs. 518ia - and contact directly via A'gon messaging the members that have the 219ia to possibly get a quicker response 
Line Magnetic LM219ia
Know you are asking about the 219, but I have the LM 518ia , built very well, no issues whatsoever  
Line Magnetic 219ia vs Mc225
pixelplay,Can you describe what you differences you heard in the 518 between just using 12ax7s , and the shift to a 12ax7 coupled with a 5751? 
Tube Pre+ Transistor Power will burn your power Amp. easily?
What utter nonesense; manufactures such as Modwright, Herron , etc sell separates that are tube preamps and solid state power amps 
More 845 tubes
Prototype for $899 - how about you?  
High End Amp Price Collapse musings
" Once Class D is close enough in quality even some of the deep pocket Krell, Pass etc guys will switch.Once that happens they will sell thier existing gear which will gradually bring the value of that existing gear down giving not so deep pocket... 
High End Amp Price Collapse musings
Question I guess would be why would the " not so deep pockets"  buy used "true high end as it exits today" if , as you presume, Class D of the future matches it?  
High End Amp Price Collapse musings
Life is short, how long are you willing to wait and maybe miss out on what you want to enjoy? 
Anyone own or heard of PrimaLuna?
Check out Raven Audio andd Line Magnetic.Believe Kevin Deal started up PrimaLuna with a guy from Netherlands ; he is more than its importer ; keep it in mind when getting direct input 
All 845 owners
Looks like from the ad that they are looking for folks to test these out , hence the lower pricing and likely not much feedback to be forthcoming 
musica bella tube preamp
I'd use the JJs to break the amp in for the 100-200 hours. Moving forward you might consider NOS Siemens, Mazda and/or Phillips Miniwatt 6922s , all to me offer very good resolution, transparency, pratt, detail etc. The Mazda's to my ears are a li... 
Regarding Joseph Audio Pulsar Loudspeakers
JM Reynard Offrande Supreme 2s  
Line Magnetic 219ia vs Mc225
johnk,What Line Magnetic models have you had, and what issues did you run into requiring repair? 
Elrog 300b's for sale. Your thoughts?
Based upon the threads, even on Audiogon, relative to poor experiences with the prior 845 regardless of  whatever  the causes were and the apparent lack of current manufacturing empirical data , I'm having a hard time at this juncture to move forw... 
Elrog 300b's for sale. Your thoughts?
vinylsavor - Thomas,In purely general terms may I ask what one might expect in terms of hours of life for your "new" 845 tubes?  Some online forums suggested the prior manufacturing of those were problematic as well. Txs