tube vs SS preamp

Hi again Al2214

Another you can do is keep your existing preamp and add a tube source to your system. I've added a Pro-Ject Tube Box 2 phono preamp and a Eastern Electric Minimax DAC to the system with the Jolida 502P and it has been a positive experience so far.

Tube pre's are great, until a tube fails and takes 10K worth of speaker with it.

Schubert,
Can you please explain what that means? I do not know much about tubes - honest. In a tubed preamp - how long do the tubes last? What is required for maintenance?

Thanks!

Milpai,
A tube preamp will not take out speakers if a tube fails.
A tube preamp has low output tubes and they last for years.
Just more audiophile paranoia! BTW there is no maintenance
required.

FWIW I think Schubert might mean that if a tube pre-amp malfunctions and outputs DC that it can cause the loss of a tweeter IF you are running a SS amp which can pass DC, or, perhaps, a transformerless tubed amp. But a SS pre-amp can pass DC so it is really a draw. It is highly unlikely to impossible if using a tubed amp with transformers or a SS amp which has built in protection.

Almarg, comments? Schubert, care to explain in detail?

Milpai, tubes in a pre can last anywhere from 2000 to 10000 hours depending on design and expectations. I agree with Yogiboy.