Analog Source Rega P25/Shelter 501,
tuning the sound to your taste a bit.
BAT VK-P5, Teac A-4300
Van halen Van Halen, CD (DCC)
should contribute to long output tube life.
line Stage PrimaLuna ProLogue 3,
fire extinguisher ready and hooked them up,
PL review, thanks to the Adaptive Auto Bias,
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these amplifiers a bit warmer, more vintage
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house with not as much as a burp.
in business! Ritchie Blackmore's lead solos
I started the review with the PL 5 amplifier.
stereo amplifier, I won't call you a bad Smurf, but
I found this combination dreamy with most
KT88 tubes.
has the potential of turning your amplifier to a
flavors of output tubes, to have the option of
you have a pair of Vandersteens or something
couldn't crank the Sapphires with 35 watts
Digital interconnect
had just a touch less power than the stock
heard the monoblocks at CES along with the
been modified somewhat (see the Upscale
last bit of dimension that only comes with
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almost continuous use at music editor NB's
monoblocks, you'll be glad you did. l
In addition to the adaptive auto bias, the
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speakers, it will really help tame a set of
etc., so I had to give them the ultimate test,
monoblocks.
Revelation interconnects, DH Labs Q-14
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amplifiers up to; Martin Logans, Magnepans,
cat Power The Greatest, LP (Matador)
(Warner Bros)
had some guts and were well separated
tube in this amplifier is the 6L6GC. It gives
The ultimate question, is twice the power and a
question about it! If you can only afford the
Once the monoblocks got here though, it
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of the most difficult speakers to drive and
When you use a moderate efficiency pair
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LP (Diverse)
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character, almost like a pair of modern MAC
Upscale Audio
state amplifier that is rated at 200wpc. This is
overly bright tweeters. I don't measure gear
For what it's worth, the ProLogue 7s
cables DH Labs Power Plus AC cords, DH
Our ProLogue 1 has two years on it now, with
seeing what people were connecting these
as much as I would have liked.
but there was no drama, just good music.
was a different story. Now when I wanted to
played just as loud as my McIntosh solid
tubes also have a soft start feature, which
if you can scrape up the extra cash, go for the
player and Benchmark DAC-1
30s. (That won't ever require service) While
Speaker Cables, Cardas Golden Presence
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bit more refinement worth an extra $1300? No
for review, the monos weren't here yet and
midrange, switch to a set of EL-34s. (Might
Keep in mind that these are not just the
effect and system tuning. If you want dreamy
feature an 85db efficiency. Once I got a pair
Richard Thompson From Parlour Ballads,
puddle of goo in a hurry. I made Jean get the
outstanding ACI Sapphire speakers which
all around compromise, but my favorite
Auto Bias, you don't need to match output
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stereo amplifiers with another pair of output
As I mentioned earlier in this and my other
else with about an 86db sensitivity, you
IMPoRTER
Power conditioning
Speakers ACI Sapphire XL, Vandersteen
power supply beefed up as well. If you look
While this was fine for Miles Davis, I just
wind out Deep Purple's Made In Japan, I was
checking out some of the audio forums and
be really nice for driving a pair of Quads)
speaker outputs.
FAVoRITE TEST TUNES
will really love this pair of amplifiers. I also
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tubes, which makes operation reasonably
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LP (Columbia)
power. Everything that sounded good with
close, you will also notice a 2-ohm tap on the
a VERY impressive little pair of amplifiers.
capacitors. Thanks to Prima Luna's Adaptive
of speakers, the monoblocks really sing. If
NO
you can change the output tubes for different
The stock KT-88s are very good and a good
for output yet, but it did seem like the 6L6s
tubes added in parallel. The input circuit has
from the keyboards. Everything had that
the stereo amplifier, sounded GREAT with the
Deep Purple Made in Japan, LP
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my Apogee Calipers. These have to be one
priced and allows you to try a couple of other
Al DiMeola Land of the Midnight Sun,
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