Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp?

The tube amp is where the real magic is - actually a SS preamp with tube amp makes more electrical sense as well than the reverse.

do it!!!    i prefer tube preamps and solid state power amps.   Main system puts a cary preamp with my SS monoblocks,  office system is a vincent hybrid integrated amp.    as stated above the tube preamp softens  and smooths the tonality, but the SS power Amps give it immediate punch and dynamism which I haven't found in tube power amps.   I admit i haven't tried it with ultra expensive tube power amps so there may be all tube combinations that kick but in my budget for power
this was the best arrangement  

Am I the only one who uses tubes BECAUSE of the extra detail they add? It’s a very 3D detail, very lifelike.

I don’t find tubes warmer than SS (listen to the "euphonic error" on the original NAD 3020!), except for the warm glow of the tubes themselves.

I’ve been going tube pre & SS amp since 97
All SS before that & needed a change.

There are many tube preamps with different sonic signatures. Some have a nostalgic sound like a CJ or Macintosh.
I would go with VTL. I have for 20+ years.

The VTL preamps are noteworthy. Their design is based on not trying to impart a signature.
I have used a TL-2.5 and then went to the 5.5 (series 1)

Both are pure tube - not hybrid
I would go VTL or Audible Illusions, but it’s VTL for me...

I have a hybrid preamp (VTL 7.5 III) and a Boulder 1060. Best match ever had in my system. Period.