Can I use my passive preamp with tube amps?


I have been thinking about making the switch to some tube monos but I use a passive preamp (Bel Canto DAC3). I was wondering if a passive preamp works in the some way with tubes than solidstate. I have comared using a preamp with my current set up and I prefer the sound with the passive preamp. Thanks
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The fewer things in the reproduction chain, the better it sounds. Nothing sounds as good as nothing is a reasonably accurate description. I use both but for the greatest detail passive is very hard to beat. Some will still prefer active but passive should be tried by anyone with doubts. Stan Wallen, Alternative Audio
Perhaps he wants his music to sound real, rather than to sound like audio. He did say that he prefers the sound with a passive. Stan's comment is right on the money. The goal used to be called, "straight wire, with gain."
The Sonic Euphoria PLC was designed in a shop that ran Antique Sound Labs Hurricane mono amps on practically a daily basis.
So long as the output from your source components will drive the input of the amps to full volume, you'll do just fine.
With the PLC's autoformer based design, it also does not care so much about the length of interconnects that you're running. Of course, keep them to reasonable lengths, no more than is really needed and you'll do just fine.