PrimaLuna EVO 100 Tube DAC

“The EVO 100 DAC is a musical tour de force, incredibly analog-natured, and built for a lifetime of demanding audiophile use. There is zero, nada, nothing under double its cost that can touch it. ... PrimaLuna has produced a world-beater with imaging, breadth, and depth of musical presentation that leaves you wondering how you put up with most other digital gear. ... My HIGHEST audiophile recommendation goes to the PrimaLuna EVO 100 Tube DAC. Absolutely wonderful!”

“With the PrimaLuna EvolutionEVO 100 DAC, technique is quickly forgotten and the accent is on the music. Which is as it should be but sometimes isn’t, regardless of the price range. Sometimes technology predominates and options such as various filters, DSD, MQA, analogue inputs, volume control, takes priority presumably to impress the less experienced. That's something no PrimaLuna has been tempted to do. It's music, music and music that matters.”

“The EVO 100 does a certain trick - it offers a clearly tube sound, uniquely "analog", but one that is not over-done, so to speak. ... It does its magic, deepens the midrange, emphasizes part of the bass range, gently smoothes the treble. However, it has a respect for the musical matter it deals with.”

“This is the DAC you play to people who love music, but don't like the sound of digital. ... It’s all about grace and space... with a little bit of pace thrown in. ... PrimaLuna’s EVO 100 DAC is incredibly informative, but in a musical rather than audio-detail way.”