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
Glupson, my daughter is a huge fan so me and the wife are taking her for her first big concert!  Got the tx as soon as they were released online...expensive!!
Of course we have taken her to see the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra at the Kimmel Center!  
dave_b,

Your daughter is one lucky girl. I was buying it for my friend's daughter who would fly to U.S.A. from Europe just for concert. European tickets had been long gone. Now, tell your daughter it is unimportant music and see what look you get. While you are at that, ask her about tubes. They are all the rage among younger crowd, I hear.
She enjoys blasting BTS in my new RAM 1500 Limited with Harmon Kardon 900 Watt 19 speaker surround sound system. The subwoofers rattle our bones...great fun!  No tubes involved
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