Lazarus Short
Headphoneus Supremus
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I was browsing the local CL ads earlier this evening, and saw a listing for a really nice hybrid integrated amp. There were photos of the innards and everything looked to be very high quality, but I noticed that the tubes (12AU7 x 4) were in the preamp section, and transistors, of course, in the power amp section. I thought to myself, yes, it's just like I used to do it - tube pre and solid-state power amp, not hybrid, but two components.
Correct me if I am mistaken, but I seem to recall that the rationale for this is to use the tubes for voltage and the transistors for current. I'm sure someone will take exception to this.
Later, I was informed that the better route to go would be transistors first, and then tubes. This is what I follow now: Meridian 201 pre and Dyna Stereo 35 power amp. Again, correct me if I am wrong, but the rationale here is/maybe solid-state in the pre for a low-distortion "foundation" and tubes later for the superior harmonics.
Does this make sense, or am I all wet?
Correct me if I am mistaken, but I seem to recall that the rationale for this is to use the tubes for voltage and the transistors for current. I'm sure someone will take exception to this.
Later, I was informed that the better route to go would be transistors first, and then tubes. This is what I follow now: Meridian 201 pre and Dyna Stereo 35 power amp. Again, correct me if I am wrong, but the rationale here is/maybe solid-state in the pre for a low-distortion "foundation" and tubes later for the superior harmonics.
Does this make sense, or am I all wet?
