Tvad, A good observation. It was this exact statement that got my 'interest' going and was the fundamental reason I posted. I suspect that if I heard his 'optomized' soundstage I would consider it as unrelated to the sound of a live event as the lack of reality that he seems to think would be introduced by the use of 'tubes'.
None of it sounds real, amplified in the venue or not. SS or tubes. And, IMHO, it is not even close, so why not just pick the sound that you prefer, tell youself that it is as close to your recall of real as you can get, and be happy.
He seems to have overlooked the fact that the OP didn't ask for a discussion on the benefits of SS v Tubes, a decision that had already been made. Seen in that frame, which was my frame of reference, I couldn't understand why he would bless the thread with his observations about his views of the strengths of SS and the 'apparently' universal weakness of tubes.
Oh well, time for me to shut up as well. :-)
None of it sounds real, amplified in the venue or not. SS or tubes. And, IMHO, it is not even close, so why not just pick the sound that you prefer, tell youself that it is as close to your recall of real as you can get, and be happy.
He seems to have overlooked the fact that the OP didn't ask for a discussion on the benefits of SS v Tubes, a decision that had already been made. Seen in that frame, which was my frame of reference, I couldn't understand why he would bless the thread with his observations about his views of the strengths of SS and the 'apparently' universal weakness of tubes.
Oh well, time for me to shut up as well. :-)