Your tube preamp and ss amp thread

Pre-amp
Schiit Freya v1

SS Power Amps
Merrill Audio Taranis (Class D)
First Watt F7 (Class A)

I hear clear differences between these two power amps but am inclined to agree with earlier comments by @mapman on reasons for the differences.

Most of the time they are used as follows....
Freya>Taranis>Totem Forests
Freya>F7>Silverline Prelude Pluses

Switching the speakers is possible and sounds great. The lower power F7 drives the Forests surprisingly well BUT there’s no denying the immediacy brought by the high power Taranis (which also sounds excellent driving the Silverlines).

Luxman CL38U SE tube preamp. I have a choice. The Bryston 2.5 sst2. Or a pair of modified Class A Threshold T-50 mono blocks. Each amp has 20 IGBT transistors. Modified by Michael Bladelius.

Cary Audio SLP-05 feeding a Parasound a21+.  Incredibly good, especially with NOS Sylvania tubes.  

Over decades I've had far less trouble with tube amps than SS stuff for home audio...plus, ask any electric guitar player.

@wolf_garcia  Guitar players dont really care how much distortion the tube gives off...in fact the more the better. Not a good analogy with home audio, IMHO.