Has Anyone Uesed A PrimaLuna Amp With Harbeth Speaker's

Why not a Vinnie Rossi LIO...and upgrade it with DHT module and more down the line. 

I used SHL5+ with the PL Dialogue Premium int and separates.  I did not like it and sold the PL and went back to SS.  It did not offer a realistic representation of the music.  Nothing sounded right.  Others love Harbeths with tubes, I did not at all.

An acquaintance has Harbeth's with Quicksilver tube amps and sounded really nice.  There is a pair of Quicksilver mono blocks for sale on audiogon now that I think were similar to the ones he had:  https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis8eh0e-quicksilver-v-4-balanced-monoblocks-tube

I usually love Primaluna with most gear, but might agree that the HP Dialogue would be a better option than the Dialogue.  Doubling the tubes and power would seem a bit safer, especially if you every changed speakers down the road.  Just food for thought.

Having owned 3 pairs of Harbeth's, currently the SHL5+, I agree with tswila that Harbeth's do not sound right with tube amplification. I tried Quicksilver V-4' and Silver 88's and an Audio Research VT100 with both the original SHL5's and the monitor 40's.

They need a good SS amplifier to sound their best. Of course, this is my opinion and YMMV. Good Luck!

willemj

Just look at these Stereophile measurements: https://www.stereophile.com/content/primaluna-dialogue-premium-power-amplifier-measurements it has a pretty bad load dependent frequency response. You might as well buy yourself an equalizer. Moreover, its output of little over 20 watts is not enough to drive the Harbeths. Just do yourself a favour and do what Harbeth’s designer Alan Shaw suggests and get a beefy solid state amplifier. Even very good ones will cost less and will sound far better.

If you read the Stereophile article you’ll see the following, the 25 wpc is in low power triode mode, see below. The amp met the 42wpc spec. As far as quality goes, reliability and quality control in the primaluna line are halmarks. These are top shelf amps that will last a lifetime.

...With two choices of output tube, each capable of being operated in Triode (green LED) or Ultralinear (red LED) mode, and with three output-transformer taps available, the DiaLogue Premium offers 12 different ways of being used, and is therefore 12 different amplifiers in one chassis.
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/primaluna-dialogue-premium-power-amplifier-measurements#OGDKVfi7...