tube or solid state phono amp with a tube integrated amplifier?

Tubes are not always warmer. Some solid state amps can be slow and rolled off just like a poorly implemented tube amp. What tubes can bring is a tangible palpability to the music, a more fleshed-out dimensionality, air, space and transparency. There are many variables—circuit configuration, tube quality, uality of the passive components etc.

List your equipment. It helps to know what you’re pairing. I run tube phono into tube amps. It depends on budget, space, MM/MC, taste, asthetic etc.