Tube Pre and SS Power? Or the reverse?

Tube pre and SS amp. Those speakers are hard to drive with a tube amp, but should be perfectly OK with SS. 87db and impedance dipping down to 3.6 ohms are not good for any tube amp. I design and build tube amps and preamps and from my experience no matter if the tube amp has 4 ohms output, they like 8 ohms load. 

You can do much better than Mcintosh. Try Boulder power amp with a valve pre- i use Wavac. If i had to buy US I'd try VAC pre, Boulder power.

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I have a Mac C2300 pre with a MC402 have been very happy, in fact have never

thought of buying anything new since. I've been off the merry go round for a long

time now. The C2800 plus MC462would be the newest version of the above.

Love the combo of an ARC6se and a pair of Ayre Monos.The ultra high input impedence of the Ayre really suites the ARC.Very synergistic.

Aren't some preamps more Tubi?? Lots of hybrid stuff going on.

It's always bothered me.  Gotta make sure you get something that's really reflective of what tubes are all about and not just a tube fit into the circuitry to make it seem like a tube device.  Examples that quickly come to mind are vac, Conrad Johnson, and audio research which I think are really Tubi.

Didn't know what people think is really Tubi and maybe I should start a thread. It's very sad my really good friend jay from Texas doesn't understand tubes. Nobody likes tubes, they're scared of tubes.