Tube or solid state

Do you prefer a tube preamp into a solid state amp or a solid state amp into a tube amp,which is your choice for best sound?

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dreas Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 86 posts 02-01-2023 at 12:06am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Yes. I ended up with McIntosh's MA352 to "solve" this dilemma. Never looked back.
ghdprentice Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,445 posts 02-01-2023 at 12:09am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The best preamps I have heard have always been tubed (fifty years of experience in high end audio for me). I moved into a tubed preamp 25 years ago, then one by one tubed everything else.
malibu457 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 66 posts 02-01-2023 at 12:40am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete i agree, miss my Audible Illusions 3a
styleman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 132 posts 02-01-2023 at 12:41am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @ dreas: I ended up with McIntosh's MA352 to "solve" this dilemma. Never looked back. +1 for the MacIntosh MA352
sgreg1 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 612 posts 02-01-2023 at 01:14am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My set up is solid state amp then tube pre amp. Also to note is my solid state amp is a quality class A amp. Not A/B or class D but true class A. For me the amp is the sound and the tube pre is the sound stage and dynamics.