I have a the same amp with a Bryston BP-25 preamp. I have had this for some time. It is nice but I have to agree with the tubies that the solid state amp with a tube preamp takes the edge off the digital sound. It also improves the analog stuff with just additional warmth and soundstage. I will be following this thread since I am looking for suggestions of tube preamps to try as well. Good luck.
Bryston 4B-ST, Magnepan 1.6QR, suggest a preamp.
I'm resigned to the fact that my Mesa Baron Tigris integrated tube amp won't drive my Magnepan 1.6QR's to their full potential, so I'm buying a Bryston 4B-ST and need your advice on a pre-amp to match. I'd prefer tubes and could go either with or without a phono stage. I'll be using a sub, so I'd also want two pair of outputs. Suggestions?