Could be.
I would probably not be concerned with most any amp input impedance 10K or higher for use with SS mainly. Use of higher output impedance tube pre-amps is the scenario that is more problematic. Tube pre-amps are popular with audiophiles these days but are probably still a very niche market overall. Many amps including stock Icepower have only 10K input impedance. That may just be the most practical approach with the most appeal.
I love the sound of my ARC tube pre but I am sure there are similarly good sounding SS pre-amps out there for reasonable cost as well. My next pre-amp I buy and keep someday will likely be SS as long as it is not a step backwards from teh ARC.
I say that because even my 30+ year old SS NAD 7020 receiver that I am using in my family room system today as a pre-amp only with the TAD Hibachi amps and OHM 100S3 speakers sounds very good, although it is guilty of a touch of that warmer sound that NAD can be known for. Its' my long time spare unit that I put it in to replace my similar older Carver pre-amp in that system when the Carver developed a problem needing repair. I would like to try a newer good quality SS pre-amp in there sometime soon when I can come up with a good justification at which time I might try a shootout for my ARC pre-amps place in my main system.
I would probably not be concerned with most any amp input impedance 10K or higher for use with SS mainly. Use of higher output impedance tube pre-amps is the scenario that is more problematic. Tube pre-amps are popular with audiophiles these days but are probably still a very niche market overall. Many amps including stock Icepower have only 10K input impedance. That may just be the most practical approach with the most appeal.
I love the sound of my ARC tube pre but I am sure there are similarly good sounding SS pre-amps out there for reasonable cost as well. My next pre-amp I buy and keep someday will likely be SS as long as it is not a step backwards from teh ARC.
I say that because even my 30+ year old SS NAD 7020 receiver that I am using in my family room system today as a pre-amp only with the TAD Hibachi amps and OHM 100S3 speakers sounds very good, although it is guilty of a touch of that warmer sound that NAD can be known for. Its' my long time spare unit that I put it in to replace my similar older Carver pre-amp in that system when the Carver developed a problem needing repair. I would like to try a newer good quality SS pre-amp in there sometime soon when I can come up with a good justification at which time I might try a shootout for my ARC pre-amps place in my main system.