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Tube preamp vs Tube cd player

hi all

need your kind advice

for power amp, most people prefer solid state ("SS")

but for cd player and preamp, there is a preference for tubes

so in an ideal setup, which do you prefer?

1) "SS" cd player, tube preamp, "SS" poweramp
2) tube cd player, "ss" preamp, "SS" power amp

thank you
asustransformer

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pani
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You seriously think one should decide on a source component just by looking at the presence/absence of tubes ? That's quite rare and awkward as an approach IMO. Source is like the mother. It reproduces the music from the disc. One has to carefully select this component. And that can only happen with careful audition and research. Whether it ultimately ends up as a tube or ss component is postmortem discussion. I don't suggest you discuss such a subject right at the beginning.

My favorite CD players are Naim, esoteric, AMR and Audio Note.
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