Best of both worlds?


If you used a powered sub (such as a Vandersteen 2Wq w/ an external corssover) along with a tube amp, would you effectively have the "best of both worlds" or would your SS sub amp get too much of a low-end sonic signature from the tube amp.
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I have a sonic fontiers line 1 and sonic frontiers sfs-80 amp. I added a Paradigm servo 15 with the x30 xover. The mid's and hi's I notice had less detail since the addition. Is this because the xover is SS and in between the tube pre and power amps? I have now disconnected the sub and thinking of trying a Y connector at the pre amp, one end feeding the power amp,other end to the xover and set the cut off to the sub at 35-40Hz.(main's response is at that region). Has anyone tried this with success?
Ecclectique,thanks for the suggestion. After disconnecting the xover from the pre-amp I realized there is 2 outputs! And thats how I connected my system. My mains are Tannoy Rectangular GRF with 15" golds. After a bit of tweaking with the xover, I've notice a great improvement. I will upgrade my amp (ie. SET amp) before I get a better xover,but that will be a while.