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Solid state amp/Tube Preamp. Possible?

Hi everyone. I have a Classe CA300 power amp & I'm thinking of getting a BAT tube preamp w/phone pre. A BAT VK-3i to be exact. My speakers are B&W 802's with a Linn Wakonda Pre at present with a Sota table. The Linn has a on board phone pre but I run my table through a Musical Fidelity X-LPS ver 3 phono pre. I'm thinking of replacing the Linn & X-LPS with the BAT VK-3i. I know BAT's reputation is outstanding just worried about the tube pre matched with a solid state amp. Any ideas or experience with this type of set up would be appreciated.

Cheers Deanna
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mitch4t
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Tubed preamp and solid state amps make beautiful music for me.
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cyclonicman
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TVAD, I wasn't disputing your point and certainly not John Atkinsons measurements regarding impedance. In my experience, I've have never had a problem matching components. Nowhere in my post did I imply that you should ignore matching the impedance. The main point I was hooping to convey is that I believe it is better to go for a tubed preamp with solid state amp than to go the other way using a solid state preamp with a tubed amp, which I think was my attempt at providing Deanna with my experience and my opinion pertaining to her question. I thought that was pretty clear in my post, if not, hopefully this is clearer.
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cajunpepe
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I am using a tubed McIntosh MC2300 pre with McIntosh MC 501 solid state monoblocks. They are wonderful matches!

Pepe
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