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Tube Pre/ Class D Amp - Who has done it?

Open forum for those who have actually tried this.  Really curious to know who has been happy, or maybe unhappy, with a tube preamp driving a Class D amplifier?

Of course, tube pre with a solid state amp is a classic pairing for hard to drive speakers, especially ESL's.   This is a little different.   I'm really curious to know what pres and Class D amps have had great synergy.

erik_squires

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I have used two hybrid integrated amplifiers in my second system:

  1. Rogue Sphinx v3
  2. Heaven 11 Billie v2 (current)

Speakers have been:  Zu Omen Monitors; Golden Ear BRX (current)

Sources are:  PS Audio SACD Transport; PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC; Technics SL 1500c TT.  

I like the system, don't quite love it.  It sounds very good and is perfectly fine, it just doesn't move me the way my main system does, which doesn't have components that are that much better.  

I know speaker set-up is part of the issue (on top of 5 foot high bookshelves).  I think the answer is an all tube amp, though I have been very distracted the last year or so.

 

Rich 

 

 

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