I did. My teenage kids needed a rec room and I hooked the system into the HDTV unit. As much as I love tubes this would have been nothing but problems with young adults.
I have gone from tubes to first rate solid state twice and both times came back to tubes because I lost interest (enthusiasm) in listening each time I went to solid state. The long term emotion and fatigue factors are the reasons.
eons ago I went from tubes to SS amp & will never go back. I did try it once a couple of years ago, which only reminded me of all the reasons why... Quality tube preamps though, that I could live with, but prefer not to. I'm glad that y'all like your tubes however & I have heard some great tube systems belonging to others; it's just not for me.
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