improving digital amp sound


Although I find that digital amps have many advantages, I have also found that the sound is somewhat lean and clinical. Has anyone found that matching a digital amp with a tubed preamp restores some musicality to the sound, or is it just a mask?

Thanks,

Rich
carinaram
A tube preamp will restore the pleasant harmonic distortion which the digital amp designer went out of his way to eliminate! Do what you like.
Before giving up on digital amps, give the Rowland 312 a good listen. You may very well discover that all these ICE-based amps are NOT at all alike!
You will find some of my findings about the Rowland 312 at:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1111288881&openflup&25&4#25
I have a Audio Research 300.2 mated with a LS26 and find this a great combination.The ARC pre is anything but tubey,
but it has excellent presence.
Thanks guys. I may try my digital amp with a tube pre. Maybe I am getting a little older but a little distortion sound good. I find as I get a little older I like women with a few more curves (not quite as lean). Maybe the two are connected.