[Artcurus]

Have any of you  guys tried tubes in HT?

If you have, likes? Dislikes?

[vrs]

I only have a tube pre amp in my home Theater system ( Audcom120 pre amp modified by Boulder) connected to a EFE 5 channel passive decoder and 3 and 2 channel amplifiers.

This is also a music and HT system . I like itthis way.Audcom pre amp got more than enough gain to drive the the 2 amplifiers and a subwoofer.
The amplifiers are solid state by AVA- Omega Star.
I do not like dolby and other signal processing as this set up my prefered way.

I prefered solid state amps ,as this system is turned on and off several times in a day as TV is connected. Usually it is used for 7-8 hours average in a day.
I thought replacing tubes frequently for the power amp may be expesive., and hence  I preferred solid state amplifier.
Pre amp tubes last longer and the prefered tone can be dialed in by tube rolling.Tube rolling may be cheaper than cable changes.
regards

[wshuff]

Are you talking amps or pre-amps too?  Because I know that Jim Fosgate offers an all analog, tube version of his DP2 decoder.  I think it is pretty expensive though.

Alright, I'll admit I only replied because I saw that vrs is from Paintsville and I just wanted to say hello to somebody else from the mountains.  Hey vrs, if you're ever over in Harlan, send me a PM and we'll get together.

[Artcurus]

^^Power amps. current sys uses two RCA full range movie theater 100 watt tube  amps as the main amps, a Sherwood S1000II as the center channel amp.

This is also a music/HT system.

[RussKon]

i haven't tried this amplifier but i hear it is really very good if you want tube amplification for your home theater.....

http://butleraudio.com/main.html

5 channels of tube amplification - 150 watts per channel - all in one box!!!