It's working until it isn't. There's zero degradation at all with tubes (the preamp tube do not dim down or lose brightness the same as incandescent light bulb). The normal functioning tube in Saga should give you at bare minimum a decade of use at 4 hours of listening per day before it just gives no sound. I haven't replaced mine Saga tube for 7 years and counting now
I like tubes and single ended triode amplifier, so Saga+ for me. My advice is that you should get the Kara to get the fully balanced (differential preamp) setup to your powered studio monitors
If you like the stackability of Saga+ with Bifrost 2/64 (same 6" x9" footprint) but don't want to deal with tubes, there is also LISST "solid-state" tube available to fit the Octal tube socket on Saga+. Or find a pre-owned Saga S (no tubes)
Jason also hinted at a second-generation Saga 2 (but that might be several months or more before it is released)
If you like the stackability of Saga+ with Bifrost 2/64 (same 6" x9" footprint) but don't want to deal with tubes, there is also LISST "solid-state" tube available to fit the Octal tube socket on Saga+. Or find a pre-owned Saga S (no tubes)
Jason also hinted at a second-generation Saga 2 (but that might be several months or more before it is released)
Nobody knows what will Saga 2 be. Freya+ will sound thicker and more organic (vinyl-like) than Kara (more transparent and dynamic). Depending on your monitors, Freya can make it sound less fatiguing over long listening sessions while Kara won't sugarcoat anything (i.e. a recording that's bright and edgy will sound bright and edgy)
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