One other consideration, if choosing a tube preamp, is whether the home theater bypass functions even when the preamp is powered off. Most don't have that feature, but some do, thereby extending tube (and possibly other circuit components) life.
Home theater and 2 channel setup from same speakers?
Is it possible to have a home theater mutli channel setup going to the same L/R speakers as a 2 channel system? Some kind of A/B box?
I currently have a home theater 5 channel setup. I would like to add a tube based system and some new speakers. The room I'm in could probably support both sets of L/R speakers but I was curious if I wanted to downsize speakers, is it possible to run a AVR and tube integrated amp without physically moving cables and such?