Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?

@tubessuck:

Oh, yeah.  Forgot about the people MAKING the music, I guess:

https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/guitar-essentials-five-things-you-should-know-about-tubes

Not that THEY are important--only the musicians, after all. What the heck do THEY know, anyway? A.

I approached that Dynamic Range Database with an open mind and lots of interest. I came away with understanding that either dynamic range is not reliably coinciding with my perception of pleasant recording, or that Dynamic Range Database is, in reality, a random number generator. Basically, I found it useless for all practical purposes although I do not deny its appeal to number-crunching theoreticists.

As a minor error in previous post, google search digs out Unofficial Dynamic Range Database. Although an "official" one would imply seriousness and provide for convenient halt of all further questioning of the results, whoever put it there was fair enough not to proclaim her/himself as an official authority.

Tubes suck. I listen to classical. Tubes suck. 

https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/guitar-essentials-five-things-you-should-know-about-tubes

This is really informative for a novice guitar player who has barely heard of tubes and wants to influence the sound in some way. After reading it, the question remains if same intentional changes in the sound could be produced by simply turning a knob of some non-tube device. I would guess they could, but I am not sure.

Shouldn’t aficionados be more appreciative of the best that different systems can offer rather than being all blue state red state about it? I had tubes for years, love ‘em, and now have solid state. Will very likely have tubes again one day. My current solid state electronics are impressive, as were my tubes before them.  To say “tubes suck” or “solid state is garbage” is really just drivel.  As aficionados, we all know that a quality system is a wonderful sounding thing, with tubes or solid state!