Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp?

I have two setups. For most music I use a straight Odyssey Audio system. Khartago SS monos, Candela tube pre, and Kismet Reference floor standers. The SS + tube pre is everything I want. I’ll spare you the colorful adjectives to describe the sound. I thought I had experienced good system synergy in the past. And then I listened to the Odyssey system. I listened before learning the price. I almost didn’t believe it. My other setup is Emotiva Stealth 8 active monitors for super accurate, fast and crisp listening (electronic/heavily engineered music). They’re so good. Sometimes I add the tube pre for some sparkle to the sound. I like the way AMTs sound with tube gear.

Edit: forgot to mention that I’ll pull out the Willsenton R8 from time to time. I like it best with the Klipsch. I lose a little something when I use it with low efficiency speakers.

I have a Krell FPB 600 and an ARC ref 6 preamp. It sound amazing with my B&W Matrix 800 s. Best of both worlds to me. 

I've done it with both a Copland CTA-301 and a Copland CTA-305, and later a Quad QC-24 pre-amp feeding a YBA-1 power amp. It's fine, better than an SS pre-amp in my view. But it doesn't sound like tubes. Eh? What do I mean?

Well, I find a tube pre-amp gives me more of the sound—more nuance, more musicality and more rhythm. It's all there whichever power amp I use. But tube power amps add that extra tube sound (yes, maybe distortion, maybe not) that I prefer. At the end of the day, you go ahead and listen to what you enjoy the most and ignore what the rest of us say. The listening is the important part!