Tube Amp or Tube Pre Amp

For those of you who have experience with tubes, what would be your preference.

Tube Amp with tube preamp, Tube Amp with solid state preamp, or Solid state Amp with tube preamp

My system currently is Mcintosh MC352 Amp Solid State, Mcintosh C49 Pre Amp SS, Klipsch Cornwall IV speakers.

I want to try tubes so with my current set up should I go tube amp or tube preamp?

Thanks

referee110-18-2024 3:53pm

sls883 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 746 posts 10-18-2024 at 04:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I've never owned a tube amp, but I've had good success with solid state amplifiers and tube preamps. Coda amplifier with conrad-johnson preamps, and now a Coda amp with a Linear Tube Audio Microzotl preamp. The quantity of tubes in some tube amplifiers is intimidating to me.