A tube pre on some solid state amps can really work. A friend from Peak Audio brought over a NEW Single ended triode preamp and stuck it on my simaudio 4070SE. We listened until it was midnight and time to shut it down.....I was very sorry to see that go and it lead me to a SLF1 but that is another story. My friend said to me later, that was a religious listening experience.....you could reach out and touch.....I do see why people can lose themselves in tubes...voices and timbres are so right....try a mix and see how you like it.....it might be the tonic. cheers, Bluenose
