The ups and downs of tube vs. SS...

tyray....there are lots of smart and savvy people here so I find
there's someone for every occasion .....and now you're already
one of them........a phono pre may be in my future(skipping the long
version of this story ) and your mention of Parks Audio Budgie
was news to me so did some googling and gets some great reviews
and added bonus....I have Eastern Electric cdp which uses two
6922s  of which I have a small back stash so ...that works. and I too
like many need to find good "budget " items, so also good. Hope you
continue to post. Most people here are eager to help.

Oh, great! What’s next, transistor rolling? 🤡

@minorl  Not really following this thread...but your post caught my attention. +1  Nice balance! Thanks.

Well, to be fair, everything sounds different. Capacitors sound different. Resistors sound different. Fuses sound different. Transformers sound different. Connectors sound different. Cryo’d capacitors sound different. Cryo’s transistors sound different. Cryo’d tubes sound different. See where I’m going with this?