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Tube Pre and SS Power? Or the reverse?

I posted a week or so ago about trading in my McIntosh MA352 integrated amp for separates.  

Now my question is, which goes tube and which should be SS?

I have received almost 50/50 responses, even from dealers.  

I have a big room, that has been acoustically treated, Revel Studio 2 speakers, and I'm running 2 SVS subs.

Some say I should go with a C49 SS pre and a MC275 Power amp = about $18k, less my trade-in.

Others say C2800 pre and a MC462 Power amp = $22k.

Quite a big difference.

 

mojo771
seekerbob
71 posts
 

mojo771

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.

mmarch
19 posts
 

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.

emergingsoul
1,526 posts
 

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.

 

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inna
8,240 posts
 

The very idea of hybrids is not a particularly good one. Tube phono stage and the rest solid state ?..Well, maybe, still questionable.

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