… I am deeply touched and grateful, Howard — Kevin Deal

Posted on 04/07/2011 by beheerder

At THE Show Newport, Howard Rogers used Primaluna amplification with his new speakers. Hereunder a little message sent to Kevin Deal of PrimaLuna USA

Hi Kevin,
First, I mailed the check for the amp today. Thanks again.
 
Second, during the show, several customers wrote reviews, which I have just got through copying so they can be posted to our website. I noticed that a customer actually reviewed the Primaluna Prolog II. Here’s what he had to say:
 
Daniel T. wrote:
 
“Primaluna integrated Prolog II, crazy good match with 2.1 system. Absurd performance for the price. Definitely would recommend for a vast array of applications. Spending more on less equipment would be an expensive mistake. Welcomed back enthusiastically. Have a listen if you are in the market at anything south of 3K.”
 
Best regards.
Howard

Howard Rogers is the name behind RSL Speaker Systems and is an icon. He is back in business and doing a similar super hi-value product that PrimaLuna is. He loves the sound of the ProLogue Two and used it at THE Show Newport where it, and his new speakers, were a hit.

www.rslspeakers.com

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THE Show Newport Beach report from the press

Posted on 30/06/2011 by beheerder

What the press has to say about THE Show Newport Beach

The Absolute Sound – Robert Harley 

Two rooms stood out for good sound without an astronomical price tag. The first was the Nola Contender loudspeaker ($3400) driven by a PrimaLuna PA-1 integrated amplifier ($2995). The system sounded remarkably refined, detailed, dynamic, and uncolored.

Best Value: Upscale Audio: PrimaLuna/Nola

Enjoy the Music

Since this is a combination home high-end audio/video, wine & cigar gathering plus a car show… First we have Kevin Deal of Upscale Audio brought his BMW Isetta 300. This is such a Cute little thing and according to Wikipedia, “The BMW Isetta was in 1955 the world’s first mass-production 3-Liters/100km car”.

Kevin Deal of Upscale Audio has great ‘deals’ on tubes. And yes, pun is indeed intended. Ok, maybe this $225 each smooth plate Telefunken 12AX7 might seem costly, yet over a lifetime they can really make a big difference in your tube preamplifier or phonostage.

The Nola Contender speakers ($3400 per pair) were making some serious big and solid powerful sound considering their slim size. The soft dome tweeter was smooth and this three-way unit was really impressing me. The lower woofer has its own separate internal enclosure per se. Seriously, if you get chance then by all mean go hear these and be ready for a nice surprise.

AUDIOCIRCLE

I remember the PrimaLuna electronics when just starting out. They were great for the price and solid performers, but they have gone through some serious evolution over the years because the sound was gorgeous. The beautiful Nola speakers were no doubt doing their part in this system, which was wisely judged in terms of speaker size vs. room size.

CAVE – Community of A/V Enthusiasts

Michael Jude Galvin 

Large-scale dynamics from the slim 3-way Nola Contender and PrimaLuna amplification. Initial impression of the Nola was WOW.

Niko Coromelas

Nola and PrimaLuna were in the same room. The PrimaLuna ‘Dialogue Three’ pre-amp was being used. This is a tube dual-mono pre-amp using 5AR4 tubes, Solen and Swellong capacitor, and has 11.5db of gain. The Amps used were ‘DiaLogue Seven’ monoblocks that use 2x12AX7’s, 2x12AY7’s, and 4xEL34’s tubes. This amp has a Triode mode at 40 watts per and a ultra-linear mode at 70watts per. The Nola speakers on display were the ‘Metro Grand Reference.’ These are a compact floor standing speaker. They have two 6.5 magnesium cone woofers, one open baffle Alnico mid, and an open baffle ribbon tweeter.

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Esteban Medaglia shares its Primaluna pictures

Posted on 14/06/2011 by beheerder

A few days ago, we received this message by email:

Attached please find a few images I took of a DiaLogue One I just received this past Friday (via Upscale Audio). I am truly loving this little joy of an amp, but obviously I need a little bit more break-in time to formulate a solid opinion. In the meantime, I am having a blast with this, my very first tube component, and I would love for your to publish the images in the Prima Luna blog, at your convenience. Thanks very much for a great product, great service and a great site.

Sincerely,
Esteban Medaglia

Thanks so much for sharing and do not forget to let us know your findings…

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To all PrimaLuna fans worldwide…

Posted on 08/06/2011 by beheerder

PrimaLuna – USA just concluded T.H.E. Show in Newport Beach, the first large-scale, high-end audio extravaganza in Southern California in nearly a decade. Wow… what a huge success!!! SoCal is home to nearly 20 million people and at times it seemed like half of them were at the Hilton Hotel, passing through the PrimaLuna and Mystere demo rooms.

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The crowd (and seriously, it was large) was a perfect mix of seasoned audiophiles and new-to-high-end aficionados but one thing they had in common was that most were already familiar with the PrimaLuna and Mystere lines and were actively seeking us out. And I promise you, we gave them something to remember

In the PrimaLuna suite, we demo’d the DiaLogue Three preamp, the DiaLogue Seven monoblocks, the prototype of the ProLogue Premium CD player and the stunning NOLA Metro Grand Reference speakers, which captured hearts last month at the high-end show in Munich. What a combination! The DiaLogue components driving the NOLAs attracted crowds 12 deep in a room with seating for five. As one grizzled old veteran who waited for a seat put it, the soundstage presented by this set-up was “wider, taller and deeper than anything I’ve ever heard.”

The Mystere suite featured the acclaimed ca21 preamp, the pa21 stereo amp and NOLA’s 3-way, floor-standing Contenders. By many accounts, this system was considered the affordable “sound of the show.” The question heard most frequently by our staff was, “How much for the whole set up, as is?”

Perhaps the show can be best represented by this observation: It was not unusual to see people in the PrimaLuna suite for 20 minutes (that’s a long time), move to the Mystere room for another 20, then go back to PrimaLuna for still another listen!

All of them were given the best personal, dedicated attention imaginable… by Mr. NOLA himself, Carl Marchisotto, in addition to PrimaLuna-USA CEO Kevin Deal, who knows the line as well as anyone.

As a side note, Deal was also a big hit on his own. Considered a leading expert on vacuum tubes in high end audio, he presented a seminar on just that topic to a standing room only crowd in one of the hotel’s ballrooms.

All in all, you can count this as another “win” for PrimaLuna and Mystere.

Cy Bolton
PrimaLuna – USA

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