Unlike many of you posting on this thread, I’ve always preferred solid-state—high-power, high-current solid-state—to tubes.
The most amazing speaker demo I’ve ever had was Tannoy Churchills driven by a Krell FPB 300.
The night before we’d heard Le Sacre du Printemps live, 5th row center at Avery Fisher.
The Tannoys, playing the Reference Recordings version of same, were able to recreate the performance, the sound washing over us like waves breaking on shore.
I love tubes as much as the next guy (probably more ... was deeply into horns and SETS for many years), but there’s a lot to be said for big, effortless, grain-free solid state.
Except the cost, of course.