Suggestions for a tube pre and power amp

@mm1tt77 Thank you very much for sharing your experience. As you mentioned balanced preamps (completely balanced from input to output) are there but not too common as compared to non balanced. There may be many options in the super expensive league. I am little surprised to hear that you didnt get good synergy between Coda No8 and Coda 07x FET Preamplifier. I heard Coda dealers use it with No16 and other higher power amps. Interesting to know that you had best success with BHK preamp, I read it somewhere that it is bit noisy. I have been to Axpona couple of times and Revels are paired with Mark Levinson or Arcam amps hence it is bit difficult to know real life synergy from shows. 

The Coda 07x would be an excellent pairing with any of the Coda amps, I ended up keeping the Krell in my system and preferred the BHK and the Krell Pre’s with Krell amp.  If you end up with a Coda Amp, the 07x would be a phenomenal pairing.  

@lals I have a coda s5.5 and an Aric Audio Motherlode XL in my system. They sound wonderful together. The coda is a newer addition that replaced a Hegel H30 and I was quite surprised how much I enjoyed the sound the coda produced over the Hegel. Doug over at coda is a good guy and can tell you if he thinks the s5.5 or the #8 would be better with your speakers and their impedance dip. I don’t think you will be disappointed with either coda unit.

@mm1tt77 Thanks for sharing your experience, I think in general preamp and power amp from same manufacturer works well together. Mixing preamp and power amp need special attention/care. Hear Holo Serene also work well with Coda. My aim is to try a tube preamp with solid state power amp. My aim is to get the best of both worlds.

@mrsprinkles thanks for letting me know. Great to know that you liked Coda S5.5 over Hegal H30. I will definitely talk to Doug at Coda. I know that input impedance of Coda balanced inputs is much lower compared to single ended. Since you are pairing it with Motherlode Xl do you have to make any additional changes to make it match with Coda amps? I would like to use balanced connection from Holo May KTE dac to the preamp. I would prefer  a fully balanced preamp from input to output unless it is very difficult to get one or I have to spent a fortune.