Tube DAC with solid state pre and solid state amp

Yes. I have Rallais. I use an Eastern Electric Minimax DAC with a Kavent S33 solid state preamp and a pair of Red Dragon M1000 solid state monoblock amps during the summer. This set-up finally made Class D amps very very enjoyable in my system. Got great bass in my system and vocals that weren't dull.

What tube DAC and other gear do you have in your system? What gear are you looking at?

Hi Pgawan2b

I too have the EE Minimax DAC and I run it through the tube output stage. In my system when I switch to the Minimax to the solid state DAC the gain is a little less and the mids seem more dull sounding. My preference is for the tube DAC output. I haven't tried the Solid State option without the tube as removing the tube from the EE is a pain in the but for me. That and I bought it because I wanted a Tube DAC and it fit my budget.