Does a Tube Dac make sense?



I’m  in the market for a dac since I bought a Musical Paradise MP701MKII Tube Preamp few months back, does it make sense to buy a tube dac? The seller Garry is suggesting to get the Musical Paradise MP D2 MKIII which is a tube dac with a AK4490 but can be upgraded to AK4499 but I’m leaning towards the RME ADI2 which is almost the same price as the MP tube dac. I’m finding it hard to justify a $1k dac but I have read a lot of forums that suggests the RME or the SMSL M400 and Denafrips Ares II but I’m a sucker for vu meters and spectrum analyzers but if the MP tube dac is a good match for my MP tube preamp I’m willing to give it a go.
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One of my DACs is a Modwright Elyse - 6922 tubes and 5AR4 tube rectifier that I have used with Modwright LS100 tube pre and KWA100 SE ss amp; Line magnetic 518IA tube integrated, Finale Audio 7189MK2 tube integrated , and now while in my 2nd system an Ayon Audio Spirit 2 tube integrated ; it has had zero issues driving into any of them, and there has been no loss of bass or any other frequencies