Toobs + SS = x

I don't get it. When you think you got a good ss pre-amp, you argue "the sound is not cool, high is not edgy..." (isn't it like tube people say?). You put it in and then think you got problem fixed. How do you know your ss-pre is not "colored"? Maybe that particular good ss-pre you mention is the only "colored" ss same as tube, and you just love it. What's wrong with other people doing it by tube-pre?
Or you put on "colored" power amp to fix it?

Just kidding, we should fix the bottle-neck component.
Agree!
Just wonder if ss-pre + tube power is just one of good combinations you happen to encounter.
And it is not necessarily a "golden rule".

good combos can come from all s/s, all toob, or a mix. peraonally, i lean towards a mix or all-toob. only one golden rule: the one w/the gold makes the rules! ;~)

doug s.

I have tube CD Njoe Tjoeb, Bryston 9bTHX, martin Logan Aeris I mains with cinema center, and Just picked up McIntosh MX 132. What a match made in heaven. So musical you wouldn't believe it. Other systems may be more detail, but with more edge.

Tubes and SS do work wonders for slam and finesse.

Barnes