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03-20-03
This is unorthodox. it's usually the other way around. not l ... Elinor
03-20-03
Not important at all...mixing tube and solid state gear in a ... jrd@
03-20-03
Actually, this is the setup being used by tom evans audio de ... Tlieb
03-20-03
I completely disagree with elinor. i currently use a solid ... Sufentanil
03-20-03
I'm a contrarian and use a ss phono amp and preamp, along wi ... Ivanj
03-21-03
Bill thalmann of music techology and a former engineer at co ... Sugarbrie
03-21-03
I have used every combination. i still have my original apt ... Steelhead
03-25-03
I have both ss and tube in the same preamp! i have a cj pv- ... Btrvalik
03-26-03
Using a solid state will not alter the sound of your tube am ... Newbee
03-26-03: Dave_b
Having spent 30 years as an audiophile and having owned tons of gear, I can attest to the fact that often our current system tends to dictate our response..i.e..we don't want to be honest with ourselves in absolute terms! In other words, we delude ourselves that what we currently have is the best combo! As for myself, the latest transformation of my system has been done upon reflection of the vast number of combinations of gear that have gone through my house. What I did cost me dearly, not just in terms of cost, but in terms of my audio ego! I traded in a pair of Dunlavy SC-5 speakers for Watt/Puppy 6's plus 11,000. I then had to have Transparent cable to lash it all up...$18,000!! They were good speakers, but the thrill was gone from the music. I traded them back after 9months for a pair of B&w 801 nautilus speakers...they were less than exciting as well. In the end I traded them back in for my original Dunlavy's. Of course the Transparent cable mucked up the sound with my old speakers back in the system so I traded for Harmonic Technologies Magic Cables all around. In the end, all is extremely satisfying. So, with this lesson and many others under my belt, I say to you that putting a solid state pre-amp in front of a tube amp is not going to yield the most musical of results. It may sound nice...but not full, dynamic and solid the way live music sounds! I have owned all kinds of tube amps and pre-amps as well as ss amps and pre-amps (I like to mix and match), but no system has sounded better than the ones with a great Tube pre-amp and world class ss amp! SS pre's squash the life out of the signal...the tube amp adds back some body and action, but to a brutilized signal. A tube pre-amp adds life and tonal color as well as dynamics that a great ss amp will pass on without the smoke between notes!
Sincerely,
Dave Borda
thebordas@yahoo.com
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