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Quote from: Ericus Rex on 14 Aug 2009, 09:53 pmThe only way to go if you're going SS at all...IMHO.Just curious, why?
The only way to go if you're going SS at all...IMHO.
I AM a Tube-o-Phile! So I consider tubes somewhere in the system essential. When it comes to preamps, I've heard very few SS pres not add a slight (sometimes not so slight) metallic haze to the sound and I have heard not a single one have the depth and 3D quality of a great tube pre. So for me, if you're going to go SS at all go with an SS amp but always use a tubed pre. Again, just my humble opinion.
Eric,Did you hear that haze at my place? I don't, but maybe I am used to it. When you were over, I was using a ss preamp (Plinius M8).George
If you are gonna mix them up, conventional wisdom says tubed pre and SS for amp.
Tubes rule Preamps, in my opinion, have the least improvement on the system by switching from SS to tubes. The most important is the source, followed by the amps, and then the preamp is last. And if you can biamp (or triamp) and still use a SS amp on the bass, it's pretty close to an optimal solution.