If NOS pre or power tubes became unavailable altogether, what new tubes would you buy?

Dear @jbhiller: That¿’s the only fun tubes can gives to audiophiles: rolling tubes.

That totally anacronic technology can’t really honor MUSIC in anyway. Now, if you instead to follow having fun rolling tubes what you want is to have real fun enjoying MUSIC through a home audio system, that’s the target of any serious audiophile or should be, then you need to change to the only alternative that can do it: SS, I’m talking of MUSIC not just sounds as you have rigth now.

Yes, as with digital with the SS alternative you can't roll nothing because you need nothing to rool other than enjoy CD LP and be truer to the recording.

After all our LPs we have it to a truer enjoyment of MUSIC and only SS can do it. With SS we only have to worry to buy new software ( LPs or CDs. ) to follow enjoying MUSIC, just MUSIC that comes in the recording.

Of course is your very personal choice and your privilege, no one else.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC not DISTORTIONS,
R.

The anti tube strikes again !

Thanks Raul for the heads-up, I always figured that there was something missing that I couldn’t quite put my finger on, you have illuminated it so well in what it takes to realize music in a complete FULL sense outside of the live experience, just the music,I hear you, thanks again for that epiphany. But then again there are many things, old-fashioned, that fit like a glove, wouldn’t you agree? Kind of like comfort food :)

rauliruegas

That¿’s the only fun tubes can gives to audiophiles: rolling tubes.

I don’t think playing with tubes is sun at all. It’s just goes with the territory.

That totally anacronic technology can’t really honor MUSIC in anyway.

Sez you. Are you aware that some of the most extraordinary recordings ever released were made with all-tube electronics? By the way, Raul, use of ALL CAPS is considered shouting.

Tubes do nothing but degrade the sound huh?  Let's get rid of all tube microphone preamps and tube guitar amps and see how enjoyable the music gets then.