Advice on tube amp/pre


Hi,
I have a pair of Proac D25's doing service with a Moon I-3. Hoping to move to a tube setup, possible with a tube pre via the moon for a while or else a tube integrated. Looking for phono support as the main immediate driver hence the possibility of a tube front end..
Has anyone experience with these specific Proac's and tube setup who could offer advice? I seem drawn to the Manley stingray however hoping to gain a broader perspective from some sampled combos..
Thanks
jtsin67

Showing 1 response by aball

ARC in recent years hasn't put all that much effort into full-function tube preamps, prefering instead to sell the phono stage in a separate chassis. But if you are still looking for an ARC tube preamp, the SP14 I hear is great.

Unless you like your music loud and/or have a very large room, you shouldn't need a ton of power. However if it were me, I would want more power than the Stingray has for D25s. But you should check out this system and maybe email its owner to see what he says:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vevol&1158422873&read&keyw&zzd38

Arthur