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.
Ssvlaunch Keep us informed, I would love to hear what Kevin recommends. You are very fortunate that you live close enough to trade with Kevin he really is a pleasure to work with.
Ssvlaunch, If you are looking for mono-bloc tube amps my first choice would be the Prima-Luna ProLogue Six or Seven, one of the reasons I pick these amps besides their wonderful sound is the self biasing feature, I had a power tube with a bad grid wire in mine and it did not hurt the amp at all, most tube amps that have a power tube fail will also damage some other part of the amp. I cannot say enough about these amps here is link for more info. http://www.upscaleaudio.com/view_category.asp?cat=36 Good luck.
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