SS amp with tight deep bass ?

I'm looking for the above at around 1k used. This will be paired with an Eastern Electric Minimax tube amp. I'm moving slightly towards HT.

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daverz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 487 posts 11-23-2010 at 07:00pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The EE pre-amp has a 1.5k Ohm output impedance. A Bryston would have too low an input impedance for it, resulting in lean bass. Look for something with a high input impedance, say 100k Ohm.
daverz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 487 posts 11-24-2010 at 01:40am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Also, the Bel Canto "Ref" series and the S125 (but not the S/M 300) have an input impedance of 100k Ohm according to the Bel Canto website.
daverz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 487 posts 11-24-2010 at 02:10am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete So with a single-ended connection the 3B-SST may do fine with many tube amps. I was going off my experience of the 3B-SST with a balanced connection (10k Ohm per leg) to a BAT 3ix. The output impedance of the BAT is spec'ed at 1000 Ohm, but is actually much higher according to JA's measurements. I also found the following statement in the marketing writeup for the PS Audio Trio amp (50k input impedance): "No tube preamp should be asked to drive an input impedance of less than 30K"