Similar to carlsbad, I use my tube amp (Rogue Stereo 100) to drive my main 2 channel and the fronts, in a 7.1 channel system. My Yamaha AV runs into my RP9 preamp, which is in HT bypass when turned off. At least on the pre side, I’m not burning tube time. I don’t watch a whole lot of movies, so tube time on the power amp doesn’t concern me too much. I also often just run straight 2 channel with movies, from my CPU -> RME ADI2 DAC -> pre -> power. It all sounds very good.
HT Sound quality - tube versus solid state amplification
If you had your choice between tube and solid state amplification for your home theater main speakers, which would be more desirable?
I have solid state Mono blocks and I'm thinking about changing to tube monos.
Interested in what people use out there.