Tube Preamp and SS Amps - How?

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"Golden Ears" reckon SS pre + valve amp; eg Cello with Jadis. And it works. Or valve with valve. The golden rule? Listening!
Try EAR equipment. At the moment I've got a 834L pre (with Jadis valves) + Jadis JA30 + K'Horns. It's a lovely preamp and reasonably cheap.
Or listen to Electrocompaniet stuff.
Last week I listened to so's mega system & was rather disappointed. Genesis 1's with huge Gryphon mono amps. Good but not marvellous. Yet I repember being really bowled over a few years back with same speakers with Jadis JA200's. I think the room is probably to blame more than the equipment.

Re-preamp.
I've tried Wadia 27 directly into Jadis JA30's. Not fantastic.
Much better with preamp. More open, more life, wider & deeper image.
Better impedance match?
Jadis preamps do have an "impedance matching" valve.
I've tried a passive preamp: not good. But I must admit I haven't tried the better passives like Audio Synthesis Passion.