Auraheart 後語: 小弟愚見, 個人認為, 膽前置與半導體後級, 實為最隹配搭, 音響之道係各施各法, 亦無絕對, 祝各位師兄長聽長有.
Been playing solid state pre amp + solid state power amp and tube pre amp + tube Power amp all the time.
Need to see how good it is for 膽前置與半導體後級 compo.
BTW, wonder what it would be like to have 半導體前置與膽後級 的 组合 too.
It has been the best combo to me so far, and also depends on your speakers as well...
You see, the tube power amp's sonic quality depends on and limits to the quality of the out-put transformer, which its' EI core transfers the signal magnetically, not directly. That is a huge draw back regardless of how good the transformer is. Tube pre-amp has no such issue.
Yeah, there used to be a nice audio shop here in Hawaii and my dad used to take me every other weekend to check out new stuff. that shop is gone, I used to like Denon, Onkyo...KEF, JBL kind of brand. Now only have Bestbuy and the good thing they have here is Pioneer, I bought the Elite version amp and Plasma TV, JBL Speakers 8 years ago and still have them till now. They are still good. Compare to your, these are just beginner-beginner : )