Have Aranov tubes for front L/R and Marantz 14EX for rears, centre and EX. I then added a REL sub to the fromn channels only to help the tubes out a bit and it made a big differnce, more so for music, where my Velodyne 18HGS is too much of a monster and lacke sthe refinement of the Rel.
I run 2 and 6 channel DVD-A, SACD and Redbook through all of this and it works, except that I need the new Sony TAP9000ES as a secound pass-through pre to make it all work without switching cables in the back.
It all works and gives me a separate two channel system of good quality, but I have one concern. The HT is also a TV and games consule for my kids, and as such, is my amps are on about 15 hours a day. That's jsut fine for SS, but for Aranov monos it could mean re-tubing the KT-88s yearly, which is expensive.
I run 2 and 6 channel DVD-A, SACD and Redbook through all of this and it works, except that I need the new Sony TAP9000ES as a secound pass-through pre to make it all work without switching cables in the back.
It all works and gives me a separate two channel system of good quality, but I have one concern. The HT is also a TV and games consule for my kids, and as such, is my amps are on about 15 hours a day. That's jsut fine for SS, but for Aranov monos it could mean re-tubing the KT-88s yearly, which is expensive.