I drive a pair of Odysseys with a Mcintosh 352 -solid state- and the Mcintosh 2102 -(tubed) . I also added a Kora Hermes tube DAC and expect the Mcintosh tube C2200 preamp this week. Love that natural sound the tubes bring to a non-fatigue listening session. The 2200 also has a tubed phono stage built in which I am interested in hearing with my VPI Aries. I use a Peavey Cosmos to balance the slight difference in gain of these two amps .
martin logan/tubes
Has anyone out there tried drving the Martin Logan SL3 panels with tube amplification and the woofers with Solid State.At the moment I have a Classe ca201 driving the speakers and a BAT vk3 pre-amp.The sound is very smooth,detailed and nice to come home to.So i'm wondering if the sound could be improved with the addition of even more tube amplification.Jazz and classical is what I listen to.-thanks guys.