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Tube Preamp Connected to Accuphase A-50V?

I have an Accuphase A-50V now connected in balanced mode to a SS preamp (Krell KCT). I'd like to try a tubed preamp in my system, but am worried about potential problems such as DC leakage from tubed preamp or impedance mismatch. I would welcome advice and accounts of your experiences in connecting a tubed preamp to a solid state amp. (I haven't picked out a possible preamp as yet, and am open to suggestions.)
kusina
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flg2001
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Many tubed options might work with your amp, but why not an Accuphase preamp?

Fernando
bob_bundus
1,834 posts
 
Agree with Fernando: get the mating Accuphase pre to your A50! (the C245?). I've been extremely pleased with my C275; it's a real treat. Full-featured functionality and built like a battleship.
kusina OP
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Thanks for the posts from Fernando and Bob bindus. I already have a very good solid state preamplifier -- the Krell KCT. Perhaps the Accuphase might (or might not) constitute an improvement. But that's not the point of my post. I'm interested in trying a tubed preamp (preferably running in balanced mode). Solid state preamps are no problem (if I were to try other solid state units, I'd try a Klyne as well as an Accuphase). But might tubed preamps (such as the Aesthetix Calypso) prove problematic connected to the A-50V? I'd like to try tubes for the midrange "bloom" and other advantages ascribed to tubes.
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