Probably a dumb DAC question


I have recently ordered a new tube pre and will be needing to purchase a new dac. My question is do certain dac's work better with tubes than others.

Matt
mwilliams
Depends on the pre, dac and tubes used - and of course your tastes. I'm using a tube dac and tube pre with outstanding results.
I would be wary of a manufacturer thinking that their product may be too warm. Just my opinion, but there should really be little difference between SS and tubes properly implemented.
Most tubes are on the warm side so you should listen to dac's that are not on the warm side , unless you like a very warm sound .
Typically, DACs and tubes mate very well together, since digital is known to be “less-than-warm” sounding. If you disclose what your DAC budget is, then you will undoubtedly receive some great suggestions.
Synergy will make or break a system IMO. The sum should be greater than the individual parts. Perhaps that manufacturer's comments are out of context, but that sounds like a very stupid thing to say. They should have said overly warm and lush sounding gear may not synergies very well with their DAC. But then again, would overly sounding anything be a good component anyway?