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Suggestions for a tube pre and power amp

Dear Audio Friends,

I am writing to seek your experienced suggestions regarding an upgrade to my current stereo setup. My current system consists of Revel F328Be speakers powered by a Luxman 590Mk2 Class A integrated amp. My frontend includes a Sonic Transporter (Roon core) powered by a Farad LPS, a Holo Red streamer, and a Holo May KTE DAC.

I am considering transitioning to a tube preamplifier and a solid-state power amplifier combination. While my speakers have a 91dB sensitivity, the impedance dips to 3 ohms between 100Hz and 200Hz.

My current shortlists are as follows:

- Power Amps: Coda S5.5 Class A or Coda No. 8 V1.

- Tube Preamps: Backert Labs Rhumba, Spatial Audio Raven, or Motherlode XL.

 

I am looking for a 3D holographic, warm sound with a high level of clarity and detail. While I am aware of the general rules regarding impedance matching, I would value your insights on how these specific components might pair together. I am also very open to any other combinations you might recommend.

 

Thank you for your help.

Rlal

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@ tcutter

The price looks  good. Back as of now is okay but space is the issue. I have some space limitations, the issue is I use the same place for HT and stereo, if I had space I could have gone for XA60.8.

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@ soix

I have heard good things about Plinius amps. It looks very interesting, let me do some more reading about it. 

Coda seems to be high current amp but S5.5 is less powerful compared to No 8 V1 model. My Luxman is only 30W Class A hence I was assuming S5.5 will be good. I will dig more deep in to this. I was little concerned about S5.5.

Thanks once again.

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@ quincy

Thank you for the suggestions, will look on to those for sure. My speakers are 91dB but as i mentioned before impedance drop to 3ohms between 100 to 200Hz. If it works well with Revel then I can definitely consider it. My initial plan was to use tube pre and solid state power amp due to tube maintenance. I never used tube gears before.

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@ hilde45

Sure will read about it, thank you for the suggestions. Price looks very good.

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@ twowheels53

With my limited experience  and reading I was under the impression that preamp determine the sound quality than power amp. I will dig deep in to this.

Thank you.

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