It's been some time since I made any significant changes to my system. I have listened to the Prima Luna Dialogue HP amps multiple times and have been intrigued but, my business was still recovering from the recession so I had to be patient. Not one of my strong points.
Yesterday I had some time and was in the neighborhood near Upscale Audio's new store. Talked to Kevin Deal for awhile and decided to take the plunge. I traded in my Modwright KWA100SE, LS100 with Phono and my Rogue Audio M150 Mono Blocks today and brought home a new pair of Prima Luna Dialogue Premium HP Mono Blocks, new Dialogue Premium Preamp, Manley Chinook SE and some Nordost cables.
I also recently purchased an OPPO 205, Woo Audio WA7 Fireflies with WA7 Tube Power supply and a pair of Audio-Technica ATH W5000 headphones.
Just unpacked and hooked up the new PL gear. The difference is really amazing. i realize it will be sometime before the amps are broken in but, I just listened to Kind of Blue (since it's an album I'm very familiar with) and I can say with confidence that the Nola Vipers have never sounded this good in my system.
FYI, I am running an Aesthetix Atlas hybrid amp on my Nola Ref speakers and the match is killer. Best of tubes and SS all in one refined amp that seems made for the Nola.
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