Tube Amps and Cabling


I am contemplating purchasing a VAC integrated tube amp to replace my solid state integrated amp -- when I can afford it. Do you have any experience with the effect of this kind of change on cabling -- from solid state to tube amp? Did your cabling sound appropriate after the change or did the change require you to replace any cables?
sabai
Any decent cables will be fine. Just moving from a solid state amp to tubes will have a sizeable & favorable impact on sound quality, much more so than a change in cables.
"Just moving from a solid state amp to tubes will have a sizeable & favorable impact on sound quality, much more so than a change in cables."

This all depends on the speaker being used and your personal taste.

There is always the possibility a different cable will sound better, but the only real concern in going from solid state to tubes is your speaker cable length. Keep it short and efficient for tube amplifiers.
To restate Pdeher's comment any cable you appreciate now "of similar and reasonable length" will work fine with your tube set up. When I finally gave up using SS in my system I used the same cables I always had in place when switching to tubes. The sound was great and I became a tube convert no new cables needed.
Mechans is correct. I may have overstated the impact of simply moving from solid state to tubes in that a well designed solid state amp will likely sound better than a poorly designed tube amp. However, if you do end up going with a VAC integrated, I'm confident it should be an upgrade from most if not all comparably priced solid state integrateds.

What speakers do you intend to use and which VAC integrated would you pair them with?