Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp?

By the way, my Schiit Freya/Had "Firebottle" SEP amp combo cost less than 2 grand (the Had amp was used for a few months), and is an astonishingly coherent and musical system that for my tastes provides what SS gear, try as they may, does not. 2 REL subs for low bass shy Heresy IIIs make it thunder, although I'm tied to efficient speakers (in a good way).

I’m adding an AR tube pre to my system tomorrow. Very interested to see how it sounds. 

Vinnie Rossi LIO with DHT preamp/dac section into internal Mosfet power amplifier. No transformers, No interconnects, power supply isolated from line voltage with Ultra Capacitor bank. External low noise regulated power supply for tube filaments. Runs all manner of DHT tubes - 300b, 2a3, 45's, PX25, PX4 etc... etc. Awesomeness.

Thank you everyone for all the feedback! 

Also looking for some input. I have a CJ mf200 that I just picked up and I’m looking for a tube preamp with a remote. I’m running a MacBook Pro with Jriver, Schiit modi dac and Thiel cs2 speakers. So now I’m looking for a tube preamp for this set up. I have been looking at Jolida jd5t and schiit and a rogue 66 preamps on the used market. I need to stay under the $ 500 range. I could possibly loose the remote if there is a better option for a preamp.