3 channel tube amp for home theater?

Get either 3 monoblocks or a pair of stereo amps an bridge the one for the center speaker (if bridgeable).

Um, the answer is NO. No one makes just a 3 channel tube amplifier, that I'm aware of anyway.
I'm quite certain if anyone does/did make a multi-channel tube amp for HT, it would be at least 6 channels, I think.

Check out the Butler Audio TDB-3150, 3-channel tube/MOSFET hybrid. These are EXCELLENT amps.

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Despite Butler's affinity for adjectives, their three and five channel amps look very interesting.

Setup:
If I used a five channel amp, does the Home Theater Receiver get replaced with something like a Home Theater Preamp/Processor? Does such a thing exist?

Mixing tube monoblocs and solid state:
Does anybody use a Home Theater Receiver to power the center, rear and subwoofer; and use tube monoblocs to power the front left and right channels? If so, how do you output the proper signal voltage to the monoblocs from the Home Theater Receiver if it too is an amplifier? In such a component, can you bypass the amplification stage and just make use of the preamplification stage for front left and right channels, thus getting the proper voltage to the tube monobloc inputs?

Thanks for your help. Good ideas so far. Jeff

ps. happy new year... daylight hours are now getting longer.

"If I used a five channel amp, does the Home Theater Receiver get replaced with something like a Home Theater Preamp/Processor?" Yes, many with more coming next week at CES.

" If so, how do you output the proper signal voltage to the monoblocs from the Home Theater Receiver if it too is an amplifier?" You use the line-level preamp outputs. If your AVR does not have them, then replace it with a pre/pro.

" In such a component, can you bypass the amplification stage and just make use of the preamplification stage for front left and right channels, thus getting the proper voltage to the tube monobloc inputs?" See above. All such devices have balance procedures and controls for this.

Consider finding a general information resource about HT as your questions indicate you could benefit from such. I believe that Audioholics has such.

Kal