Phono/preamp/amp chain. One of them tube the others SS. Which one?

I would use a tube pre. Mine is passive pre and ss for the others but I have a good Tube pre also

I have tried all of the combinations. My preference is tube preamp, SS phono and SS amps.

Inna, or anyone else who has auditioned a number of phono amps; could you explain the improvement over whatever cartridge is on the input. As I explained, I get out, what I put in; others have implied they get out something better than what the cartridge puts out, and well they should with the price of some phono amps.

My question is simply, what improvements do you get over what the cartridge puts out?


Enjoy the music.

I don't have much experience with various phono stages so others might want to explain in details what happens to the signal.

Another +vote for a tubed pre-amp with a solid-state power amp.