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| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Hey folks I'm getting on a plane now and may be out of touch for a bit. My wife is cool and loves audio but I better be present if you know what I mean. Vacation time. | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Of course, cathode bias means that you run a slightly higher B+ in order to achieve the same plate to cathode voltage, but it’s the quiescent current in conjunction with the plate to cathode voltage (not plate to ground voltage, which includes t... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp I caved and put the KT150s back in after just under 3 days. It's all the loveliness of the EL34s, but at SCALE. Everything is just "more" of what the EL34s have. Soundstage is much much larger, bass is deeper and a little tighter. Sparkle a ... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Allan: The DAC is finished in prototyping. No ETA or any other info as yet. If anybody is looking for a PS Audio Directstream I had a brand new one that was purchased by a customer that two weeks later got transferred to Europe and we could not ge... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp I don’t think I need to address build quality. Or how they are built, or what "qualifies" as point to point.I don’t mean to be a stickler, but respectfully Kevin, I think you do, since it’s in your advertising collateral. What I meant is it's ... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp "The DiaLogue Seven is completely handwired, point to point—and I’ve never seen a better-built amp. Wires were neatly trimmed and dressed, with no strand out of place. I spent a long time trying to find a single bad solder join, and could not: Som... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp fsonicsmith you are da man. What a fun journey. Someone asked me today if I was ready to retire. Hell no. I'm having more fun now than ever. I still collect vintage receivers. I'm going to be at the Focal factory in France next Tuesday and ... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp So why is it that at the very same time, PL makes it sound as though it's auto-biasing and protection circuits are revolutionary? Even evolutionary? The nexus of PrimaLuna is a man not happy with what's being made, who is very good at gatherin... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp One more thing I have to say about color and perception of good sound. You can make as big an impact on the sound of your system with small signal tubes rather than power tubes, at lower cost, and in a more predictable way. In integrated amps or... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp It was a learning experience for me too, mainly because I found that it needed to be done blinded as it's one less thing to think about during listening. The HP is better than the DiaLogue Premium, that's for sure. The amps are exactly the same ... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp It was a fun time. We had six people in attendance. I had the $8500 VSI75 set up, a DiaLogue Premium integrated ($3399) with KT150 tubes (add about $400) and an HP integrated ($4399). All of them had been on for days, all had tubes that test new. ... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp See you guys at 11. I will get there at 10:30. The phone number is 909-931-9686.Cheers!Kevin | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Kevin you keep bringing up the Cary AE-3DJH. Since when was it ever a standard-bearer? That review was the wrong preamp. The AE-3MKII was OK, but not nearly as good as the AE-3 DJH, which stood for Dennis J Had because he felt it was his best de... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp I've left the ARC on overnight, and it sounds a ton better when it's super hot it appears. For that reason, I'm not turning off the amps. I know how to do it, and they have to be hot. So I think I will compare the ARC VSI75 and a PrimaLuna HP.... | |
| Considering switching from Audio Research to PrimaLuna, troube with VS115 amp Kevin is just plain wrong-amps are at their heart the simplest of electronics- not preamps. Amps do nothing more than regulate the energy coming out of your wall. The opposite is true. Read everything I've said and I can tell you that you can ... |