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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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davkobza
78 posts
 
Supratek Cabernet DHT/6SN7 and AGD Audion monos (class D GaN). Excellent synergy.
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itball
104 posts
 
Linear Tube Audio MZ3 pre, SPL Performer 800 power.
tj-sully
8 posts
 
Main amp rig is:
Aesthetix Calypso preamp
Pass Labs XA60.8 monoblocks

Substituting in
 Bryston 7BSST2 monoblocks, or
 Classe XA-2300 stereo amp
doni
360 posts
 
Freya V1 into Nuforce STA 200
LTA MZ2 into Pass XA30.8
Backert Rhumba 1.2 into Belles Aria Monoblocs (soon)
tmcclintock
35 posts
 
Blue Circle Audio BCS 3000 and either AGD Audions (class D) or Valvet A4s (class A).
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