“I am looking at the Primaluna Prologue Premium as my next possible upgrade in this chain to give it even more air...”
More “air” means different thing to different people. If by more air you mean a more defined soundstage with better definition around the instruments/vocals, I think a better or different speaker, along with optimum placement, would be the way to go. In my experience with the Magnepan MMG, I could never accomplish that objective with various combinations of tube pre/SS amp, SS pre/SS amp, or SS pre/tube amp. For me, no matter what I tried, those speakers never created that sense of stage realism, even when the soundstage was wide and deep, the placement of instruments was not there. A similarly priced “box” speaker will do better in that respect. That said, the tube pre/SS amp was the best combination for juicing up the midrange and widening the stage but still with little more air.
Now, if by air you mean more vibrancy and sparkle on the top octaves, the newer .7 will probably be a better upgrade since I’ve been told the panels tend to get dull over time and the fresh panel could bring in what’s missing.
More “air” means different thing to different people. If by more air you mean a more defined soundstage with better definition around the instruments/vocals, I think a better or different speaker, along with optimum placement, would be the way to go. In my experience with the Magnepan MMG, I could never accomplish that objective with various combinations of tube pre/SS amp, SS pre/SS amp, or SS pre/tube amp. For me, no matter what I tried, those speakers never created that sense of stage realism, even when the soundstage was wide and deep, the placement of instruments was not there. A similarly priced “box” speaker will do better in that respect. That said, the tube pre/SS amp was the best combination for juicing up the midrange and widening the stage but still with little more air.
Now, if by air you mean more vibrancy and sparkle on the top octaves, the newer .7 will probably be a better upgrade since I’ve been told the panels tend to get dull over time and the fresh panel could bring in what’s missing.