For me as it stands now:
Tube DAC
Tube phono stage
Tube integrated amp (had a tube preamp AND tube amp)
Don't let anyone tell you that too many tubes makes a system too "tubey" or too "warm" or "too (insert negative adjective here).
If the components are chosen wisely, tubes can be just as revealing and transparent as any SS counterpart. And you get what most SS can't give you, the emotional connection to the music.
And before you solid state guys start jumping up and down, I said "most". Some are better than others.
So tubes everywhere is a good thing.
Oz
Tube DAC
Tube phono stage
Tube integrated amp (had a tube preamp AND tube amp)
Don't let anyone tell you that too many tubes makes a system too "tubey" or too "warm" or "too (insert negative adjective here).
If the components are chosen wisely, tubes can be just as revealing and transparent as any SS counterpart. And you get what most SS can't give you, the emotional connection to the music.
And before you solid state guys start jumping up and down, I said "most". Some are better than others.
So tubes everywhere is a good thing.
Oz