Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did???

Mrdecibel:

I´m curious to know more about your rig.

Daniel

Mr. D, interesting, I own Klipsch Cornwalls and Fortes, and I wouldn't consider running them on SS. So they are going up for sale right along with the tube gear. Different strokes.

Freediver, I'm selling the tube rig because I like the lightness and litheness of SS, at least for a while, and then I find it hits me over the head a bit too much and the pendulum swings back. Summer is a great time to own SS. I am really downsizing. Selling five turntables, three tube amps, two tube preamps and two tube phono stages as well as the speakers. I will get a simple SS integrated, Primare I20, Arcam A85, something along those lines, matching CD player, Rega P25 turntable, speakers TBD. It should be great fun for the summer. No tweaking. In the fall, who knows? The gravitational pull of glowing glass will probably have me in it's orbit again.

Thanks Viridian.My problem is that as a retired soldier my pension is stretched to the max & I have to buy for the long term,which is why I drive everyone crazy with question after question regarding which path to take.Plus it doesn't help that my grail speakers are Dynaudio's which I will admit sounded FANTASTIC driven by the 40 Tube Watts from the Yaqin I just flipped(due to it's developing some problems after I dropped it on it's head).I guess when all is said & done I'm gonna stick with the glass,for me it just makes since in the long run...Take care...

I have a tube pre, the Herron VTSP 3A, which is hassle free. You can leave it on 24/7. I pair it will a solid state amp. I agree with others in that a tube pre and solid state amp is the way to go. I leave my system on 24/7 and don't worry about warm up, or if the tubes are good ect...

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I really don't care one way or the other. I run solid state monoblocs because I cannot afford the same amount of power in tube amps. I run a tube preamp because I like the way the preamp sounds. If I found a ss preamp in the same price range that sounded better, I'd buy it. My tube preamp has been pretty maintenance free and no real hassles.
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