Well we listen to systems, not amps......right?!
Get a nice 6sn7 or DHT preamp and mate it with a nice pure Class A SS amp and even tube amp lovers will be pretty darn happy. You don’t need tube rectification in your preamp to have it sound wonderful or even tube like. Frankly, I greatly prefer SS bridge rectification in my tube preamp builds. Far better dynamics and bass. If the design is right you still get what tube lovers love about tubes. Examples include the Coincident DHT pre, First Sound, TRL Dude and many, many others. All sound marvelous and are SS rectified.
Use the right toned cabling and front end source and your system will sound very much like a complete tube rig.
Get a nice 6sn7 or DHT preamp and mate it with a nice pure Class A SS amp and even tube amp lovers will be pretty darn happy. You don’t need tube rectification in your preamp to have it sound wonderful or even tube like. Frankly, I greatly prefer SS bridge rectification in my tube preamp builds. Far better dynamics and bass. If the design is right you still get what tube lovers love about tubes. Examples include the Coincident DHT pre, First Sound, TRL Dude and many, many others. All sound marvelous and are SS rectified.
Use the right toned cabling and front end source and your system will sound very much like a complete tube rig.