Stereophile Recommended Components 2024

CHRIS KELLY, HI-FI+

“Only rarely does equipment come here for a review that I do not want to send home at the end of its visit. The PrimaLuna EVO 100 Phono Preamplifier wroth its name on that list, winning both my head and my heart with its glorious glowing presence on the rack and magnificent musical performance. It deserves a place on every aspiring audiophile’s list for an audition - it will take a remarkable phonostage at that price to get the better of it.

Dick Olsher, The Abosolute Sound

“This superlative phonostage is bound to elevate your vinyl playback experience to new heights. It has certainly magnified my enjoyment to the point where I just could not stop listening to vinyl. I can’t think of higher praise than that. It is so good that, for now, I see no reason to spend more on a phonostage. It is without a doubt a sonic masterpiece!”

hi-finews, Outstanding Product

“…the EVO 100’s sound is a delightful taste of the time when dinosaurs and LPs roamed the earth.”

Victor Kubal, High & Style

"The PrimaLuna EVO 100 Tube Phono is, in every respect, a magnificent preamplifier, which reaches very high standards with its sound quality and is not far from the highest ones at all."

JEFF DORGAY, TONE

"More than worthy of an Exceptional Value Award for 2023.”

Ken Kessler, Hi-Fi News

“[PrimaLuna EVO 100 Phonostage] will be adored by those who prefer all-valve components. Not hybrid, not solid-state, but all-tube and with so much warmth and air that its sound can only be described as ‘cosseting’. Fans of the brand – and I still use a Mk I ProLogue Two – are gonna love this.”

Max Delissen, HiFI.NL

“It was 20 years in the making, but with the EVO 100 Tube Phonostage, Herman van den Dungen and Jan de Groot have created a tube phono stage that can bear the PrimaLuna name with pride. And I think it will give other phonostages in its price range a hard time!”