I would say absolutely not if anything I find tubes, and you have some great gear, to be at least as transparent as SS if not more so. However since you were able to audition the Dac, presumably at a dealer, are you able to borrow one for a home audition?
SS DAC's driving tube pre / amp vs ss pre / amp
I had the pleasure of auditioning a Sim Moon 780D DAC through a Sim Moon solid state integrated amp (600 series), and was ready to purchase it on the spot.
Then I remembered I'm all tubes - a Shindo GIscours pre- and a VAC Phi 300 amp using KT-88's. I'm hoping that the finely-limned detail, nuanced timbres and sense of soundstage space rendered by this DAC would be preserved by tubes.
Would any of these delicacies be overlaid or blurred by the sweetness of tube distortions ?
Thanks for sharing your experience.
-Dr John
Then I remembered I'm all tubes - a Shindo GIscours pre- and a VAC Phi 300 amp using KT-88's. I'm hoping that the finely-limned detail, nuanced timbres and sense of soundstage space rendered by this DAC would be preserved by tubes.
Would any of these delicacies be overlaid or blurred by the sweetness of tube distortions ?
Thanks for sharing your experience.
-Dr John
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