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Your tube preamp and ss amp thread

Last night I was listening to my tube preamp and my tube mono blocks, noticed an imbalance in the sound, and as usual I traced it to a tube problem in the mono blocks. Luckily, I also own a ss stereo amp as a 'backup'. IME, ss amps tend to be a lot more reliable than tube amps. Nonetheless, I would be interested in how many other folk run a tube preamp and ss amp combo, and if so, what are your choices.
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jl1ny
418 posts
 
Pre-amp:
PrimaLuna Prologue 3 running all NOS tubes. 
Power amp:
Audio Research D400 Mk2.
bap111
1 posts
 
Audio Research SP17 and Pass Labs X150.  Sounds great to me 
hillarysucks
7 posts
 
I run a modded Dynaco PAS3x into a pair of Hafler xl280’s vertically biamped into Vandy 2ci’s
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4thstreet
8 posts
 
Mcintosh mx110z and mc2505 and mc2125
adg101
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Been running this way for years and very happy, but…

Previous combo was a ModWright SWL 9.0 SE with an Audio Research 100.2. Wonderful. Later switched out to a ModWright LS36.5 with the 100.2. Even better. Currently LS36.5 with Pass X250 which is a great combination.

But now the but. When streaming or any digital I am bypassing the tube preamp and running my RME ADI fs2 DAC/Teddy Pardo direct into my amp. Really enjoying going direct. Will keep the ModWright when I want to play vinyl… for now.
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