I Find Primalunas Ugly. How about You? Is there an alternative?

See I am not a fan of LEDs on my Tube amps. ;-) That would be a deal breaker for me on the VAC.

I do like the CJ CAV-45.

However I do feel the Decware amps are the best looking amps of the bunch. Lifetime warranty, great customer service and design - and they sound damn good too!

Moral of the story, all of this is subjective! :-)

Keep the wax spinning.

-Ron

I love the sound of the Sophia Electric. Guessing it would put Prima luna to shame

Sounds bogus...dealer agenda maybe? I could say I love the sound of Primaluna and would put Sophia Electric to shame. Assuming something does not make it a fact.

Hey 1241. The operative word is " guessing " The final decision as always is yours. 

To the OP: can you describe the set-up you heard that leads you to conclude that the LMs "sound terrible"? I've heard quite a few. I've no problem if someone were to prefer, say, the ARC or Manley house sounds; that's simply a matter of taste. But "terrible"? I can only imagine they were being asked to drive low impedance multi-driver speakers, or the source was poor, or a tube was failing, or something else. 

BTW, I would also hesitate to necessarily blame an amp for humming -- if there's DC on the line, the transformers will probably hum...