Suggestions for a tube pre and power amp

@swaudiofan Thank you. Looks like lot of tube amplifier manufacturers are switching to Class D.Does these Class D amps provide similar or better performance than tube amps? Really wondering what could be the reason, is it due to efficiency or maintenance effort.

@agbrace When you write not classic tube sound what exactly you meant by that, is it in a good way? I am sure that I dont want noise for sure. 

So you are using single ended inputs between preamp and Coda NO 8. You never had a curiosity to try balanced connection of Coda? Based on common mode rejection theory balanced connections should be less noisy. I know  balanced input impedance of Coda amps are much lover than single ended which need to be taken care while selecting preamps if planning to use xlr connection.

@moto_man Thanks for your suggestions, I will keep an eye on ARC Ref6 pre. I also heard lot of praises for Allnic pre but as you said a remote is a must for me too. Their top of line preamps are super expensive.

@swaudiofan Not sure that tube amp manufacturers are switching to class D but rather solid state amplifiers in general are moving in this direction.  For me it is the advancement of class D technology; in particular the Purifi modules.  There are also Hypex and GanN modules and possibly others I am unaware of.  They are very efficient with loads of wattage and current; both which I needed for my KEFs compared to the integrated amplifier I had, which was very nice, most recently.

@lals Yes, it is a good balance of the traditional sonic characteristics of tube and solid state giving the best of both. It has good bass dynamics like solid state, an open three-dimensional soundstage, very good low-level detail resolution but yet easy to listen to and that wonderful midrange that tubes provide  

The LTA does not offer balanced outputs, if it did, I would prefer them even with the somewhat low input impedance of the Coda at 10K, would be fine given the LTA is 50 Ohms.