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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 17, 2020 20:06:10 GMT
Fancied another flavour of sound and having been on a SS kick for some time, I decided that a Valve amp was due to be purchased. Its not to rival the 686...gawd knows I don't know what would, but sometimes, a bit of valve goodness is always welcome. See the Primaluna Prolongue Five: Should be here a week on Wednesday   |
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Post by jimbo on Aug 17, 2020 20:37:20 GMT
Lovely row of bottles!
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 17, 2020 21:02:21 GMT
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Post by stevew on Aug 17, 2020 21:08:41 GMT
Well here is someone who likes them
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 17, 2020 21:30:34 GMT
Well here is someone who likes them He's a big fan isn't he. Impulse buy....sometimes they work out, sometimes they don't, but it's fun to find out. |
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Post by stevew on Aug 17, 2020 21:43:53 GMT
Well here is someone who likes them He's a big fan isn't he. Impulse buy....sometimes they work out, sometimes they don't, but it's fun to find out. Yeah , I love his reviews. Passionate but always backs up assertions with experience and solid facts. Your findings are going to be real interesting. Would just love to have a listen. Sigh... |
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 17, 2020 21:46:57 GMT
He's a big fan isn't he. Impulse buy....sometimes they work out, sometimes they don't, but it's fun to find out. Yeah , I love his reviews. Passionate but always backs up assertions with experience and solid facts. Your findings are going to be real interesting. Would just love to have a listen. Sigh... Ha, patience...when lockdown is sorted out and you're free to mingle, we will have a get together. |
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 18, 2020 8:28:22 GMT
I've got a PL Prologue 5.
Very nice.
Amazing variety of power valves it can take.
I've tried various flavours of 6550, el34, 6l6, kt120.
For me, the kt120 are best.
Hmm, it's been sitting on a spares shelf for a few months, I must plumb it back in again sometime.
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 18, 2020 9:15:32 GMT
I've got a PL Prologue 5. Very nice. Amazing variety of power valves it can take. I've tried various flavours of 6550, el34, 6l6, kt120. For me, the kt120 are best. Hmm, it's been sitting on a spares shelf for a few months, I must plumb it back in again sometime. Ah, a good buy, by me Jerry? Total stab in the Dark on my part. Never heard one, or anything by Primaluna. I'll keep my eyes open for some nice valves for it |
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 18, 2020 9:32:11 GMT
Yes, very good amp imo.
The sound very much depends on the fitted valves. As well as playing with power valves I invested in some PSVANE and TAD 12ax7 and 12au7 input valves for it, and they made a worthwhile upgrade to the PL stock ones.
I see yours comes with PL kt88, not tried any of those, any idea what brand they are before PL put their monicker on them?
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 18, 2020 9:50:51 GMT
Yes, very good amp imo. The sound very much depends on the fitted valves. As well as playing with power valves I invested in some PSVANE and TAD 12ax7 and 12au7 input valves for it, and they made a worthwhile upgrade to the PL stock ones. I see yours comes with PL kt88, not tried any of those, any idea what brand they are before PL put their monicker on them? I believe they are JJ valves, just rebranded for Primaluna. I wouldn't quote me on that though. It's gonna be here for a while, and I will be experimenting with some valves. I'm looking at russian Equivalents. |
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Post by pillbox36 on Aug 18, 2020 9:51:05 GMT
Deep joy valves  Though as they say in outer Mongolia a change is a good as a rest let us know how it fairs at chez bigman |
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 18, 2020 10:15:30 GMT
Deep joy valves Though as they say in outer Mongolia a change is a good as a rest let us know how it fairs at chez bigman I am sure there will be an epic 3 page writeup full of details. I am genuinely looking forward to giving this a listen. It's the first time in my Hifi journey I have not been under pressure to sell anything, in order to keep something. It's a novel feeling. I feel I can give this as much time as necessary to form an opinion, and as I said to Mr Firebottle yesterday, I haven't had any valves in the system for a while, and certainly not since I have had the rest of my system sorted. The stuff upstream and downstream from the amp is all too notch, so I am hoping that gives a good environment for the PL5 to perform |
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Post by macca on Aug 18, 2020 12:09:39 GMT
The transition from box-swapping to box-accumulating...
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Post by Bigman80 on Aug 18, 2020 12:51:49 GMT
The transition from box-swapping to box-accumulating... Well, in honesty, looking at your issues lately, it makes sense to have a backup! |
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Though as they say in outer Mongolia a change is a good as a rest let us know how it fairs at chez bigman
