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

Not AH!  That would imply that you have merit.

I am sitting and listening to a live CD (Leonard Cohen, Can’t Forget: A Souvenir Of A Grand Tour. track 4 La Manic) wondering about this tube/transistor debate. What do sound systems at relatively large concerts use? Is it tubes? Is it solid state? If I wanted to reproduce what I heard at the concert, would it make more sense to use something more similar to what I listened to during the live performance?

For this particular concert, I highly doubt any kind of home equipment would put you back there. CD is good, but the sound is not right.

elizabeth,

Hold on to your cars. You surely know that they don't make them like that anymore. As it is now, tubes will outlive manual transmissions.

M51 - I am curious as to what preamp/line stage, amp and DAC you are using.

geoffkait,

"Famous Autistic People...….Hans Christian Andersen"

Who diagnosed him?

In school, or was it kindergarten, we learned that he had liver cancer.