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all the listening I do leads to crazy high prices.  anyone out there that can do great high fi on a couple grand budget?  I have nad 275bee bridged mono with focal aria 948.  I would like to experiment with maybe a tube setup or a really reverby ss if exists.  I have a couple rythmik 15 in subs that can do bass.  have a few headphone systems that really have opened my eyes on sound.  can hifi wonky/tubes be done with subs?  and lowest entry point worth the money?  would be great to find something under 5k that can play well with aria speakers.
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mesch
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Why not search for a tube preamp?
mesch
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Sorry, meant to erase the last two statements leaving only the question.
mesch
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Are you looking to replace the NAD amps or just needing a preamp?  You have a pair to NAD 275s bridged and a speaker system (Focals and subs). Looking to add to this with a budget of 2K.
mesch
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If you amp/speaker combination satisfies and you want to add tubes to the system then I suggest you purchase a tube amp that is compatible with your amps. I believe most any 2-channel preamp would be superior to usig a AVR as a pre. 

I currently run a Jolida tube preamp into a SS amp. Like you wanted tubes, just not a tube amplifier.  

Good luck in your search!
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