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Tubes Through Solid State

I've always had solid state or tubes; never mixed the two.
If I get a tubed front end and run it through a solid state power amp do I lose the tube timbre and depth? In other words are the tubes wasted or does it survive and get passed along? I am thinking BAT tubes for the front and I hae Pass Labs amps.
Thanks
sm2727

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inna
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Well, if I want to try a mix one day I will probably get hybrids.
And what about phono stage? SS with the rest of the chain tube or the other way around? Or midway? Any experience with that?
inna
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Just out of curiosity, anyone mixed Rowland and Lamm?
inna
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Dan ed, I bet you prefer Scotch straight to any cocktail. I do too. Shaken not stirred.
inna
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Yes, single malts forever.
inna
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Well, I am a modest man and 18 year old Glenlivet is perfectly fine. I can even take 12 some days.
inna
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Tube phono stage? That's Lamm, man. That's the stuff worth paying for. About $3000. And it will last for as long as you need it to last.
inna
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I meant of course 12 years old. And if I took 12 shots I would be in coma or dead, that's for sure.
Long live single malts and Hi-Fi!
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