going from tube preamp to solid state

@decooney 

audiogon suspended my account so had to create a new one

i have tried other 6sn7 tubes and some like you say were to bright sounding, so didnt care for those.....i think those were the rca's ( could be wrong ).   i have tried the sylvanias also and like those as they are a bit more laid back.    

 if you’ve not already tried possibly more transparent interconnects (yes it can help) to try on loan, between your sure and preamp, and preamp to amp 3) then if still not resolved, ask your PBN speaker manufacturer if there is a more open crossover capacitor or slight crossover/x-over change to open up that tweeter a bit more, is it rolled off some?

i have tried other IC's and it changed things, but not enough.

there is nothing wrong with the speaker, i dont need to have the tweeter opened up more, there is plenty of detail.      

@youwin I received your Audiogon message and they will not let me reply to it with any personal info. If you could, please send me a message through my website, let me know your name and when you purchased the preamp (so I can reference it), then I should be able to help. Best regards, Aric

@youwin good to know, and hopefully working with Aric a bit more to explore more can help. For some reason you decide to swap out your current preamp for something else permanently, I’m betting you won’t have a hard time finding a new owner if you decide to put it up for sale. Best of Luck on troubleshooting the next steps. I for one am a huge fan of well designed 6SN7 preamp / line stage units. 

Something else you might want look at is a hybrid preamp. Usually it only has one pair of gain tubes, the rest is SS. Get the SS and you can still do some tube rolling if you want.