All my systems since 1992 featured a tube preamp with a solid state amp. To me it just sounds right.
are you sure, the tube sonics/nuances are not being canceled out as they run through ss components?
Preamps make a dif in how a amp sounds,
I've tried at lesat 5 tube pre amps with my Defy and each one carried a dif signature stamp.
The most expensive of the 5 was not my fav.
Which surprised me, as the design/components is just stunning, and hefty at 50 lbs.
But oddly enough the sound was <not> what i was looking for. The sound seemed <twisted/contorted> as it came out the amp/speakers..
I was sure it was a keeper at time of purchase.
Bottom line, if you finda musical pre/tube, and push it through a ss design,,,not sure if the end result of locatinga great muiscal tube pre, was worth the effort.
= the ss IMHO will <short circuit> (= mangle/distort) the beautuful tube pre sonics.
Just my 2 cents.
p
new orleans
are you sure, the tube sonics/nuances are not being canceled out as they run through ss components?
Preamps make a dif in how a amp sounds,
I've tried at lesat 5 tube pre amps with my Defy and each one carried a dif signature stamp.
The most expensive of the 5 was not my fav.
Which surprised me, as the design/components is just stunning, and hefty at 50 lbs.
But oddly enough the sound was <not> what i was looking for. The sound seemed <twisted/contorted> as it came out the amp/speakers..
I was sure it was a keeper at time of purchase.
Bottom line, if you finda musical pre/tube, and push it through a ss design,,,not sure if the end result of locatinga great muiscal tube pre, was worth the effort.
= the ss IMHO will <short circuit> (= mangle/distort) the beautuful tube pre sonics.
Just my 2 cents.
p
new orleans