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PRIMA LUNA AMPLIFIERS

Hi 

I,m thinking of buying a Prima Luna amplifier but worried re reliability, and what you do in the UK if you have problems.

Would like to hear what owners think about reliability, tube changes , tube upgrades, potential problems,
And what happened if you had problems re after sales repair and support.



i,m going to use them with Proac D20 r floorstanders .

 Thanks in advance for your help 
goldfish2a
goldfish2a OP
9 posts
 
Hi 

new to audiogon so so hope I,m posting ok and everyone can read this thanks for the detailed replies and photos, I feel most assured by your responses and faith in Prima Luna .

The valve tube sound is perfect to my ears , it’s a big investment but only hi fi fans understand, I,m noting your advice and experiences and look forward to auditioning a Prima Luna with Proac D20r speakers soon and will report back to you all

Thanks Trev 
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reddog952
2 posts
 
I've had my Prologue Classic only a couple months, so I can't speak on their reliability. I will say, I'm very happy with mine. The build quality is very good. Much has already been covered by other responses. I'm running the OEM EL34s and driving a pair of Monitor Audio Silver 10s. The sound is wonderful, next up will be Gold Lion KT88s. I thought long and hard and asked on other boards about tube amps. I was about to get a Yaquin amp, glad I got the PL. After lots of online research if I were going to get a chinese made tube amp it would be PrimaLuna. 
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ieales
1,201 posts
 
I rolled the supplied el34’s to KT 120’s to power sonus faber’s that needed more to drive them.
Installing KT-120s would not change the power appreciably as B+ does not change. Sound and life could change.
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millercarbon
12,531 posts
 
I can’t believe how bad ( to my ears)
modern hi fi sounds regardless of cost.


So sad, so true. I was in Definitive Audio recently. Listened to Brubeck's Time Out on their premier system. Very dynamic, tons of detail, nothing the least bit organic about it. I remember thinking on the way out, and that was probably a million dollar system.

Wrong. As if. A few quick internet searches turned up the sad truth: $1.3M.

At this rate, not much longer, hi fi gonna be a four-letter word.
goldfish2a OP
9 posts
 
Thanks 

so so true I really didn’t want a tube amplifier, due to it being 
out of my comfort zone, but now I,ve heard one there’s no comparison, thanks for your Prima Luna recommendation.

But what’s wrong with people,s ears do they really like a sound that’s totally different to ,say a classical orchestra, or acoustic guitar?

Why the flat harsh dry sound, I feel like I,m on a parallel universe 
Listening to some of the modern hi fi 

just got to save up now , and try not to annoy wife with costs !

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