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| best integrated amp. I wanted to pipe in here as somebody said forget tubes, and that may be a mistake. A tube amp can have incredible slam, and at the same time really emphasize what Maggie's do best. Breathe. But it's not just a matter of power, it's bandwidth of ... | |
| Primaluna Dialogue Premium or Premium HP? Hi folksHope you don't mind me piping in here. The HP is the exact same amp as the DiaLogue Premium in every way, with these additions:Larger power transformer, additional circuitry to add four more power tubes including an additional Adaptive Au... | |
| Primaluna DiaLogue Premium preamp Tube rectification is the preferred way to do it in preamps as well as source components (like the Modwright Oppo). It means the circuit path is really tube. It costs a lot more to do it this way which is why you typically see it in very expensive... | |
| Anyone love TIDAL lossless streaming like I do? I'd like to run it USB in. How are you guys getting it into your systems? I have a CD player with USB in that is my fave but can't figure a way to get it done except to run a computer into it. | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... The GE 6SN7 is fabulous as it had helically wound filaments and is very low in hum. Great tube. And they test well. Northern Electric tubes, huh? That name is owned by the Tubestore. Check the trademark office. http://www.trademarkia.com/northern... | |
| I just returned my second defective Manley Chinook My pleasure Montgomery. I didn't mean to open my yap, but my affection for the Chinook, and Manley as a whole, prompted me. I don't know if I know of a company that is better at taking care of business. As to the tubes the Philips PCC88 is SO CHEA... | |
| Primaluna - Rolling pre tubes question... Hi David256 if you look at many products that use tube sockets they are mounted onto PCB's, and it's not uncommon to have that same PCB have the power transformer attached to it. PrimaLuna tube sockets are mounted on to heavy-gauge fully ventilate... | |
| Primaluna - Rolling pre tubes question... Hi Davide256 I've never used tube dampers in a PrimaLuna. I'll try some for fun. Tube dampers are never "always good" or "always bad" as it depends on that single tube in your hand. A little bit of microphony can be good. It's something you have t... | |
| Best integrated amp for the new kef ls50's? The amplifier that KEF chose to demo the LS50's at Axpona was the PrimaLuna ProLogue Premium. The reason they asked was because of feedback from owner's who had put that combo together with great results.You can read about how it sounded if you Go... | |
| Luxman 3045 mb Why not get a CL32, 34, etc? They are nice sounding preamps. But I would guess you would want to get the caps replaced on whatever you buy. They are very rich and organic sounding. A classic 12AX7 sound. So the system will be a little laid-back. I... | |
| I just returned my second defective Manley Chinook things can happen. I'm assuming you replaced the tubes to make sure that's not the problem.I wouldn't sell it. At least if you want tubes. The Chinook is the biggest selling phono stage we've ever had. In fact the most popular I've sold in 38 year... | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... Many vintage 6SN7's from companies like Ken Rad, Brimar, and those silly metal base Sylvanias are microphonic. It's going to be very tough to get low microphony quality ones as we move down the road. The regular Shuguang 6SN7 sounds fine to me. Th... | |
| Unison Research Triode 25 vs Prima Luna Dialoge I have to say that the magic of the DiaLogue Premium running EL34's in triode is pretty amazing. They will both sound good. I would consider the following: Resale value, build quality, and serviceability. Service really means not having to deal wi... | |
| Primaluna - Rolling pre tubes question... I'm about to put up some info on the PrimaLuna website about this. First, in preamps all the small signal tubes have an equal effect on the sound and you can change out just one pair if you want. On power amps and integrated amps the two 12AU7 (in... | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... The SLP-98P is very nice. Only downside is that it uses 6SN7 tubes so tube-rolling will be expensive and difficult. I have 13,000 vintage 12AU7's and maybe 500 6SN7. They are about gone in the world of NOS. But the stock Chinese 6SN7 sound great. ... |