Tube or solid state

Do you prefer a tube preamp into a solid state amp or a solid state amp into a tube amp,which is your choice for best sound?

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malibu457 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 66 posts 02-01-2023 at 12:04am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete i think Tubes are better for Jazz and Classical music like Vaughn Williams string works where you can recreate that ethereal sound you get with a live symphony. for Rock its solid state all the way, so ideally 2 amps are needed.
dreas Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 86 posts 02-01-2023 at 12:06am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Yes. I ended up with McIntosh's MA352 to "solve" this dilemma. Never looked back.
ghdprentice Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,047 posts 02-01-2023 at 12:09am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The best preamps I have heard have always been tubed (fifty years of experience in high end audio for me). I moved into a tubed preamp 25 years ago, then one by one tubed everything else.
malibu457 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 66 posts 02-01-2023 at 12:40am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete i agree, miss my Audible Illusions 3a
styleman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 132 posts 02-01-2023 at 12:41am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @ dreas: I ended up with McIntosh's MA352 to "solve" this dilemma. Never looked back. +1 for the MacIntosh MA352