Need more info on your system, tastes and budget before an informed answer can be given.
What speakers do you have?
What amp/preamp do you currently have?
What size room?
How loud do you listen to your music?
What kind of music do you listen to?
How important is bass to you?
What musical traits are you looking for?
Is this a dedicated 2 channel system or will you also use this for home theater?
What source do you use?
What is your budget?
I will say that the tube maintenance issue is generally overblown and should not deter the majority of interested people from checking out tube gear.
Tube gear does span the spectrum from tonally colored to incredibly transparent and everything in between.
Get back to us with some of the above and I think the tube equipment afficianados on the board should be able to provide some good recommendations.
What speakers do you have?
What amp/preamp do you currently have?
What size room?
How loud do you listen to your music?
What kind of music do you listen to?
How important is bass to you?
What musical traits are you looking for?
Is this a dedicated 2 channel system or will you also use this for home theater?
What source do you use?
What is your budget?
I will say that the tube maintenance issue is generally overblown and should not deter the majority of interested people from checking out tube gear.
Tube gear does span the spectrum from tonally colored to incredibly transparent and everything in between.
Get back to us with some of the above and I think the tube equipment afficianados on the board should be able to provide some good recommendations.