Thanks for opinions guys.
My friend actually has opposite opinion regarding digital vs. amp. His view is to have neutral/clean amplification as much as possible with quality SS amp and let the "front end" color the sound. This way, he says, if you wanna change the "sound", just change the "front end" by changing tubes in CDP or to another CDP. So his setup is a Bryston amp with tube CDP.
You guys both make good points, I've got power hungry Totems so I'm probably leaning towards tube hybrid amp & tube CDP...cause I really miss the EL34's midrange my Jolida had.
Having said that, is there such thing as tube hybrid EL34 based amps?...or something equivalent?
My friend actually has opposite opinion regarding digital vs. amp. His view is to have neutral/clean amplification as much as possible with quality SS amp and let the "front end" color the sound. This way, he says, if you wanna change the "sound", just change the "front end" by changing tubes in CDP or to another CDP. So his setup is a Bryston amp with tube CDP.
You guys both make good points, I've got power hungry Totems so I'm probably leaning towards tube hybrid amp & tube CDP...cause I really miss the EL34's midrange my Jolida had.
Having said that, is there such thing as tube hybrid EL34 based amps?...or something equivalent?