Tube rectification


This may have been chewed on before but I'm at a loss here. I recently went back to tubes and acquired a SoundStage Two pre that uses two 6dj8/6922 tubes. By the way while doing some rolling I found the Mullards to sound the best thus far. Anyway I have seen other preamps having a tube for rectification(5y3 etc). My question is what does a pre with this tube do in reference to one like mine that does not have this feature. Am I missing something in terms of sonics. The SoundStage sounds really good and can be modded as mine has been. Thanks for any info and enjoy the music.
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Many components with tube rectification also use SS rectification for select circuits such as filament supplies. Most tube components with SS rectification also fail to use the best fast- or zero-recovery SS rectifier bridges made of Schottky(or in high-voltage circuits, SiC Schottky) diodes. Given the wide range of design combinations and compromises, generalizations are of little value on this point.