My system is all tube. The Musical Paradise DAC has a chip of course, but the output goes directly to a tube output stage, then my preamp and my kt88 amp, both tube of course because that is what I build. I certainly have no desire to listen to anything else. The key is to pick a tube friendly speaker. I have a pair of Cornwall IV, which I rebuilt the crossovers on with better parts, and also Clayton Shaw’s Spatial X5. Both are wonderful speakers and very tube friendly.
If you pick speakers that require high power SS amps... then that is what you are stuck with. Just my 2 cents
If you pick speakers that require high power SS amps... then that is what you are stuck with. Just my 2 cents