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


What do you guys think?

If transistors came first, and then decades later tubes were invented, would we have any tube amps we would call high end?

Wouldn’t they all fail to reach the height of performance and transparency set by transistor amps?

Best,

E

P.S. I love Conrad Johnson. I'm just wondering how  much of our arguments have to do with timing. 
erik_squires
Look, tubes sound like music. Everything else doesn’t. Unless it’s very low power transistors in portable CD players. Then it sounds like tubes, not transistors. If in fact portable CD players have transistors and not tiny little tubes. Tubes have air, tubes have lots of dynamics and tubes have warmth. If you like your music to sound like paper mache then transistors are for you.
"...tubes aren’t bad nor are they obsolete"
Watch out for a new tube-driven iPhone coming out at tomorrow's Apple conference.
erik_squires,

"Pineapple and pepperoni pizzas are wonderful things."
Should oregano go directly on dough, on sauce, or on top of everything?

I have been asking this question for the longest time around here and not even geoffkait knows the answer. Mankind is doomed, indeed.