Tube or solid state

Do you prefer a tube preamp into a solid state amp or a solid state amp into a tube amp,which is your choice for best sound?

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toddalin Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 318 posts 02-04-2023 at 06:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Solid state. Based on my amplification (Yamaha RX-Z9 in Pure Direct vs Melton P/P KT-88s) the highs are so much crisper and articulated through the Great Heils. Levels are matched to within 0.1 dB. https://youtu.be/HTxZJBoOywM https://youtu.be/FDIu2BFbt-Q https://youtu.be/W66SQS1wDUA https://youtu.be/ZxhDJ_eOlYw
toddalin Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 318 posts 02-05-2023 at 08:16pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete And in how many cases have people heard "the real thing" just as it was recorded? You would have had to have been there. And what of "the real thing" that never was, but instead was assembled in a studio using digital instruments, analog synthesizers, sampling, etc.? Maybe there is/was no "real thing."