What solid amp to pair with DiaLogue Premium Preamplifier ?

Wasn't there a thread saying PrimaLuna preamps passed DC and blew up speakers? If that has been rectified I am looking for a new PrimaLuna pre too!

Yes, I read that too somewhere, made me worry about the Primaluna quality!
I could also look at the Vincent 7 pre amp, gets great reviews.

When I owned a Dialogue Premium, I had it paired with a Pass XA-30.8 into Harbeth SHL5+ speakers. The sound was sublime.

Hard to understand how a Primaluna preamp could pass DC current. I think Primaluna has been reliable since they got popular circa 2004. The Primaluna and Rogue has responded very well to tube changes. Have all NOS tubes now. Further experimentation forthcoming. 

I want a Pass Labs XA-25 to try with Dialogue Premium Pre but the Stereo 100 is so good, I’ll stay put for a while. 

Hi All,

There has been some amount of comments on the PL Dialogue Premium needing repair. My personal experience:

Mine blew a Solens capacitor within the first six months and Upscale Audio took care of it for free.

Recently, a couple of years later, the left channel went out and I had to pay the freight to get it to California. Upscale repaired it for free and and shipped it back for free. They claimed that they "upgraded a circuit". 

Two repairs in three years bothered me so I checked out other preamps including CJ LS17 - 2, ARC LS25, and an Axiom II passive. In my system, all of these are more musical than the PL. The PL was good if I wanted to hear into a vocal but rather lame if I wanted PRAT.

I ran the PL with both a Coda CS and McCormack DNA - 500 and neither helped with the lack of liveliness.  My speakers are Thiel CS5's.

Things changed for the much better with any of the other preamps. 

Thanks for listening,

Dsper