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- Integrated Amplifiers
- PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two Integrated Tube Amplifier
- Ken Kessler and Paul Miller
- PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium Preamp and HP Stereo/Mono Amplifiers
- Primaluna Prologue 5 vs Prologue 7
- Opinions on Primaluna and Ayon amplifiers
- Psvane TC5 integrated amplifier
- PrimaLuna ProLogue Two Integrated Amplifiers
- So is there a better amp than...
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Make no mistake; the DiaLogue Two is a thoroughly modern amplifier. The DiaLogue Two is hand-made and point to point wired although it. The DiaLogue Two has a rotary volume control and six switched inputs,. The first thing one needs to determine when installing the DiaLogue Two. In that configuration, the DiaLogue Two. DiaLogue Two , which will satisfy many. Buyers should not feel that they need to run. Now this was truly a. So it is true that you can plug virtually any type of output tube into the DiaLogue Two.
It is also true as with all tube amps that each different tube. I was quite impressed. DiaLogue Two , and being an analogue man from way back, how could I refuse? The MM. It boasts a very high-quality op-amp,. At first, the only turntable I had set up for MM. Even the lows and. Watley wailed! In truth, the quality of the.
I realize that I was listening to two different orchestras recorded in two different venues,. It seemed that the Everest. My hat is off to the folks at PrimaLuna. What impresses me most about the DiaLogue.
Two amplifier is how well though out and executed this product truly is. It seems that. It was designed in the Netherlands by Herman van den Dungen and is manufactured to stringent standards in China.
Make no mistake; the DiaLogue Two is a thoroughly modern amplifier that includes a very hefty anodized aluminum remote control. One can switch from the watt ultralinear mode via a push of the button on the remote, which cuts power down to 21 watts per channel triode. The input section uses two 12AX7 and two 12AU7 tubes. From the get-go it was apparent that this was a very solid and well-built amplifier. Weighing in at a robust 64 pounds, with its oversized power and output transformers and thick aluminum faceplate, it certainly makes an impression the first time you have to lift it and carry it up a flight of stairs.
The heavy-gauge polished steel chassis is coated in a 5-step process with an automobile-grade dark blue paint. High quality parts are used throughout from the extra large half-speed wound output transformers to the ceramic tube sockets, Alps potentiometer, Nichicon and Solen capacitors, and WBT-style speaker terminals.
Gold plated input jacks. It also extends tube life and makes the unit more reliable and user-friendly. This unique biasing circuit will sense the tube type and automatically set the bias for optimal operation. Features: The DiaLogue Two has a rotary volume control and six switched inputs, which include a HT input that bypasses the volume control and the tube input section. One very nice extra cost option is the installation of a very articulate and musical MM phono stage more on this later.
The DiaLogue Two contains internal AC and plate fuses, and a few spare fuses are included in the package, as are a pair of white handling gloves.
The remote is an attractive blackanodized heavy-metal unit that is quite useful. In addition to the usual volume control, you can choose inputs, mute and un-mute, and switch from ultralinear to triode operation at the push of a button. It appears to have other transport control buttons that will conveniently operate the PrimaLuna CD player. Nice touch. I did some experimenting with the ultralinear to triode switching and found the triode mode to be generally a bit warmer and slightly sweeter sounding.
The ultralinear mode was used for most of my evaluation because it provides greater power and better articulation at the frequency extremes. Notes on Impedance and Tube -Rolling: The first thing one needs to determine when installing the DiaLogue Two in a system, is whether to use the 4-ohm or 8-ohm speaker posts.
This would seem perfectly straight forward, but in my experience it was not exactly the case. Since my Silverline Prelude speakers have a nominal 8-ohm rating, I started with the 8-ohm taps.
In that configuration, the DiaLogue Two sounded very matter-of-fact and very similar to many solid-state amplifiers. The sound was clean and extended at the frequency extremes, but the harmonic sweetness I had expected to hear from the DiaLogue Two was somehow missing in action.
Changing my speaker wire to the 4-ohm terminals allowed the amplifier to sound sweeter and much more like a very good tube amplifier. So, since my 8-ohm Preludes seemed to prefer the 4-ohm setting I know I did! I used the 4-ohm taps for the remainder of my evaluation. My advice is not to assume anything and to try both impedance settings to determine which sounds best to you.
The Chinese KT Genalex knock-offs performed very well in my system. The midrange was a bit forward, but the bass extension and articulation was quite healthy and the high frequencies were airy, non-fatiguing, and extended, without any obvious roll off.
Buyers should not feel that they need to run right out and buy some expensive NOS tube set. Now this was truly a sweet sound. The highs were natural and extended, though not as extended as the new KT88s, but nonetheless, they provided quite a bit of detail and shimmer on cymbals and other high-frequency instruments.
Moving on to a quad of vintage Genalex KT66 gray-plate tubes, the sound became very detailed, but also very forward, and lost a bit of bass extension and punch. This was my least favorite tube match for this particular system. So it is true that you can plug virtually any type of output tube into the DiaLogue Two and it will play just fine. It is also true as with all tube amps that each different tube type will have its own distinct character.
Which one will sound the best to you will depend on your associated gear and your listening biases. As for me, I was very impressed with the overall sound of the EL34 tubes in my system and consequently went on to use that tube set for the rest of my evaluation.
They provided a bit more harmonic richness than the KT88s in the crucial midrange, and were just a touch more laid-back sounding. I was quite impressed with the amplifier, which offered more bass extension and punch and certainly more extended high frequencies than my ASL tube amplifier.
But what impressed me the most about the DiaLogue Two was its near solid-state control of the bass combined with an uncanny ability to reproduce midrange notes, such as guitar chords, with a bit more power and dynamic flair than I had experienced with most other amplifiers. It quickly became apparent that this was going to be a thoroughly enjoyable evaluation.
Kevin had enticed me by telling me that this phono board, which is made in Holland, works particularly well in the DiaLogue Two. It boasts a very high-quality op-amp, minimelf resistors, and a very short signal path. Although it is a solid-state circuit, my personal philosophy supports this approach solid-state phono into a tube line stage. In my view, it keeps noise levels very low and provides better detail and articulation in the high and low frequency registers.
With respect to the critical midrange reproduction, the DiaLogue Two phono was strutting its stuff big time. As I recall, it received a good write up from TAS back in the day. This time, I had my music-friend Mike and his lovely wife Kyle over to check out the system. To me, the sound was decent, maybe a touch on the bright side, but really nothing too special. I cranked the volume a bit and then pressed the Start button on the Luxman.
The song began with Jody talking, then some loud cymbals after which the bombastic bass line kicked in. And not only was the sound loud, it was clean and controlled. It provides a wealth of detail, impressive dynamic contrasts, and a wonderfully musical and dimensional midrange.
I mean hell; the Orbe had to sound better than the Sony or the Luxman, right? And it did—after resetting the VTA, the tracking force, and the loading value. Once I had recalibrated the Orbe, it sounded truly inspirational. And the tympani, cymbals, and other drums sounded very poignant and convincing.
I could easily hear the tuning of the skins on the various drums. In one movement there is a drum roll that just comes out of nowhere and is shocking in its level of transparency. This particular recording was mastered at the Belock Recording Studio using Ampex stereo tape machines recording on half-inch tape via microphones from AGK, Telefunken, and Neumann. The brass, woodwinds, and violins were so immediate and detailed, and the drums so palpable that I had to suspend disbelief in order to believe that I was not witnessing the actual concert.
In truth, the quality of the reproduction was about as good as it gets. I realize that I was listening to two different orchestras recorded in two different venues, but still, the difference in recording quality was unmistakable. It seemed that the Everest recording likely used a different microphone configuration with better quality microphones, resulting in more apparent detail and intimacy.
First, I would prefer to have a pair of volume-controlled preamp outputs instead of the fixed-volume tape outputs. Second, I wish that the source selector defaulted to the last selected source at turn-on instead of automatically reverting back to the CD input. Luckily it pulls up and off quite easily. Summary My hat is off to the folks at PrimaLuna. What impresses me most about the DiaLogue Two amplifier is how well though out and executed this product truly is.
It seems that the designer left no stone unturned when it came to considering what modern users would desire and look for in a tube integrated.
As if all of the above are insufficient reasons to make a semi-expensive purchase, the clincher is the gorgeous musical presentation that this amplifier provides all day long. I will surely enjoy it as my prime tube reference amplifier.
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PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two Integrated Tube Amplifier
I have now had a Primaluna Dialogue Premium integrated amp for 3 years that has been just as reliable. They are a tube rollers dream. You can fine tune the sound to almost any flavor without the need for biasing , just plug-n-play. The North American importer , Kevin Deal at Upscale Audio , is a joy to deal with and quite knowledgeable about all things audio. I haven't looked at the Stereophile measurements and honestly don't need to. If you are ever in Seattle come to my house and take a listen and become a believer. And I would bet that if my PL can drive my
Ken Kessler and Paul Miller
When Kevin Deal, of Upscale Audio in California, and Herman van den Dungen, of Durob Audio in the Netherlands, both audio importers and distributors, started collaborating in the late s, they found that they shared a common concern. They both felt the existing tube component market was plagued by too many examples of high-priced, poorly built entrants of questionable reliability, and that when presented with such uninspired choices, more and more music lovers would forgo the joys of listening to and owning tube gear. With classic designs like the Marantz 8B or Dynaco ST in mind, they felt that music lovers should have better access to gear that drove tubes with reduced distortions and extended tube life and reliability. The biggest gains would be dependability, ease of use, and the enhanced sonic properties such a design would afford. Overall, they wanted to create tube products that offered an enhanced user experience.
PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium Preamp and HP Stereo/Mono Amplifiers
Recent hours at the gym notwithstanding, PrimaLuna amps keep getting heavier. Continuously improving the breed, the Dutch company keeps improving the quality of it parts, which results in bigger capacitors and beefier transformers. The DiaLogue Premium power amplifier now tips the scale just over 70 pounds. The relaxed yet resolving presentation the DiaLogue Premium amplifiers provide is sufficiently soothing to take my mind off of the manual labor. For those of you who are unaware, my journey as an audio writer began with PrimaLuna.
Primaluna Prologue 5 vs Prologue 7
World Premiere Review! Review By Tom Lyle Click here to e-mail reviewer. W hen I'm shipped a piece of equipment such as the PrimaLuna DiaLogue Six monoblock I'm reminded that audiophiles are a lucky bunch to be participating in this "hobby" at this period of time. As far as tube amplifier design goes, auto-biasing that is used in many of the top manufacturers of these amps including a more advanced type in the PrimaLuna , baby-sitting the tubes have become a thing of the past. But this feature would be of little use without the fact that at the same time the price-to-sound ratio or simply, value is getting so incredulously high that recommending cost-no-object gear, let alone on-the-high-side of mid-priced gear very difficult to justify.
Opinions on Primaluna and Ayon amplifiers
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Make no mistake; the DiaLogue Two is a thoroughly modern amplifier. The DiaLogue Two is hand-made and point to point wired although it. The DiaLogue Two has a rotary volume control and six switched inputs,. The first thing one needs to determine when installing the DiaLogue Two.
PrimaLuna ProLogue Two Integrated Amplifiers
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