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Too many tubes?

Friends, I am putting togther a new system. So far have Halcro MC20 and Atma Sphere MP3. Looking seriously at a pair of Zen Adagios. Is there anything to be gained (or lost) by mating a CD player with tubes (like the BAT, Audio Aero, Jolida) with this tube preamp? My amp and pre are fully balanced. I assume the BAT is as well. Any others? Again, advantage/disadvantage/no advantage for fully balanced CD given other componants are fully balanced? Much obliged.
deliberate1
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i would go fully balance. more detail less noise
argyro
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If you have so many tubes in your system I think it is better to mate it with a solid state cd player. There is nothing more to gain by adding more tubes. Just mudding things up. Definetely solid state.
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shadorne
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Great choices...
aball
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I've had lots of gear and heard lots of systems and feel that you can't have enough tubes really. Some of the most transparent and dynamic systems I have heard have been all tube, from source to amp. It is all about system synergy - not the design of each component. If I were you, I would go for the BAT cd player.

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