Stereophile Magazine has completed and updated their “Recommended Components” list!
Several PrimaLuna products are highly recommended! This is what Stereophile say about the PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium Power Amplifier!
Rated to deliver 25Wpc in Triode mode or 42Wpc in Ultralinear, the extremely versatile DiaLogue Premium is a push-pull design that uses six 12AU7 and four EL34, KT88, or KT120 power tubes. Like other PrimaLuna models, it offers: an LED-based Bad Tube Indicator system for the output tubes; a Power Transformer Protection circuit; an Output Transformer Protection circuit; an AC Offset Killer circuit intended to eliminate hum; and an Adaptive Autobias circuit. With every recording AD played, the DiaLogue Premium exhibited an open, clear, and dramatic overall sound, with good tonal balance, realistically weighty bass, and remarkable spatial depth. “A very strongly recommended amplifier and a hell of a good value,” AD concluded. Due to the amp’s high output impedance and its rising distortion when the load impedance drops below the nominal value of the output-transformer tap, careful matching with the user’s loudspeakers is mandatory, cautioned JA. (Vol.37 No.2 WWW)