Best integrated for PSB Imagine T2's

@jbhiller

Thanks for the great post. Now I would really like to hear the Creek EVO 100.

Regarding break-in of the class-D Nova; I can tell you my class-D amp took well over 500 hours to really start opening up and it made another nice performance leap after the 1000 hour mark.

Thanks again for the remarks about the Creek EVO 100 and the Peachtree Nova 300. I appreciate it.

Cheers,

Scott

You're welcome!  

I became curious to see if my aural memory was accurate.  I swapped in the Creek Evo 100 yesterday and listened for a good 3 hours.  The Creek is just clearer.  It's lens into the music is cleaner. The Nova300 is bigger in sound, but not sweeter or with as much resolution.

I know the lower end primaluna amp may not be the best match for the imagine t2 speakers, as its power is at the lower end. But what about, say, the primaluna hp at 70 to 85 wpc? I am intrigued about a "tubey" sound. A lot of audiophiles love the tubes, and as I am looking at getting a project xtension 10 and a good dac as well, I assume a good tube would respond well to quality analog signals?

Hadn't had any feedback on my earlier post. Does that mean that no one has an opinion of the NAD M32 (with the BluSound module for streaming Tidal), and that amp paired with the Focal Aria 926 or 936? If you do, I'd appreciate your comments. Thanks.

@easola01,

I have the Primaluna Dialogue Premium HP integrated feeding the T2s.  

It's plenty of power in my room--about 13 wide by 22 long by 9 high. I love it.  I have only 2 gripes with it and they are small.  1. When you power it up it defaults to ultralinear mode, which is not my preferred mode (I like triode more).  All you have to do is push a button so this is pretty neglible.  2.  The remote seems pretty directional, meaning it needs to generally be pointed in the direction of the unit as opposed to other remotes that seem to work from the next room. 

The HP version should be able to drive most speakers and it is great with the T2s.  Whether you will like it depends on personal taste. I love it into the T2s.  I do not, however, use it from June-September as it pumps out a good bit of heat.  I swap in the Creek or Peachtree for the summer months.  

I cannot say enough good about the HP version.  There are plenty of reviews online for you to read, which will be more succinct and eloquent that anything I can say.  One caveat--the HP is a tube rollers dream, but swapping out power tubes (there are 8) can get pricey quick.  That said, it's such a great amp to experiment with.  I wasn't planning on tube rolling yet that was a nice feature with the autobias.  Once I tried tube rolling out of curiousity I was hooked.  But that's not for everyone.