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Tubes on top and Class D on the bottom

I am curious about an experiment involving tubes for the tweeter midrange and Class D Bel Canto M300s) on the woofers of my Von Schweikert VR-4JRs. After reading about the little Miniwatt N3, which is an integrated amp, can I use it for level matching? I would be feeding a signal from a Modwright SWL 9.0 tubes pre-amp to both amps. Or, would I blow everything up in the process, like Mister Wizard?
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I say go for it! I did the same w/ my VR4-JRs, using a VAC tube amp on top and a Digital Amplifier Co. Cherry amp for the bass. If the gains are close enough, it works great. Tried a monster Carver SS amp on the bass but it was dramatically outperformed by the Cherry. (Tip - it can help to evaluate each amp, either the bass amp or the M/T amp, by disconnecting the other amp - for example listening to only the bass cabinets w/ no M/T is very revealing!)

Turns out the Cherry sounded so good full-range (along w/ heat/ tube life considerations) I sold the VAC and now run a Cherry JR full range.
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