Tube or solid state

@earthbound 

I have all tube equipment. I am retired and get to listen to my system for about two to three hours a day. I have replaced two tubes in two and a half years (of the ~40) the sound quality well worth it.

Thanks for the reply ghdprentice. I’ve just got a few bad ones right out of the gate that’s all. Hopefully, smooth sailing for years. As I mentioned, I’d hate to give up this sound. This 300b is so easy and relaxing to listen to. 

@earthbound

As I mentioned, I’d hate to give up this sound. This 300b is so easy and relaxing to listen to.

Fortunately you don’t have to give up anything . Occasionally you’ll come across a bad tube, it happens. A good quality designed, built and implemented tube component just provides a very natural, believable and emotionally satisfying/involving listening experience.

I would say particularly so with a high quality SET/PSET such as yours. Upper tier 300b tubes are expensive . The trade off is their longevity and superb sound. Keep doing what you are doing, it is yielding  you much musical joy and happiness. Isn’t that the entire point of why we listen to music and crave the experience?

I have had a 101D tubed line stage and 300b SET pairing since 2009. My utter satisfaction and joy with this is as high as it has ever been. I now have added a new DAC which contains 7 tubes. This combination is providing me the best transparency and authentic/natural music presentation I’ve ever heard from my audio system. Unadulterated musical bliss and realism. @earthbound , stay the course.

Charles

I think Spaceguitarist has never heard a truly great tube amp and that's why he's " biased".....

Nothing like a little tube humor in the morning oddiofyl. Lol

i guess it’s an individual preference but not sure how someone would not enjoy this sound  I guess they would say, you’ve never heard great ss. I never have  I know I’ve heard this 300b and oh my!