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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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soma70
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dnb4
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rocray
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Right now in my main system I'm running an Aric Audio Unlimited pre, with a First Watt J2. 
timo62
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I have both tube and Solid State amps that I alternate with my tube preamp. Use the SS amp more so in the summer months.
 No reliability issues with any of my tube amps of the years. Do not need to bias them all the time either. 
au_lait
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I'm thinking about a tube pre to run with my Aleph monos. Currently building a little Korg Nutube B1 as a project with my kid, but would love any recommends for tube pre's that might synergize with Aleph 1.2
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