Why Tube Pre-SS amp over SS Pre- Tube amp?

Is it just a trend (fashionable I mean)or does it just make more sense than SS Pre- Tube amp?

beheme12-26-2006 2:28pm

tz7 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 20 posts 12-26-2006 at 07:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Rlawry Not an engineer so bear with me. But is that why the MOSEFT (sp?) design which amplifies voltage are supposed to sound similar to tubes. I think plinius and belles use this circuit.
tz7 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 20 posts 12-26-2006 at 08:31pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete swamp, thanks. does the fact that it changes voltage make it sound more like tubes that other SS options?