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

"What's the problem with changing tubes ?"

Not much, if someone prefers it to some other activities. However, needing to do it makes some users less inclined to support that technology when there is another, more convenient, option which still works quite well in many people's minds.

Convenience does destroy many things, I suppose. Inconvenience makes them, well, inconvenient. Sometimes inconvenient enough not to be practical for daily use. We just cannot win.

mapman,

I do not mind geoffkait trashing me at all. It goes well with my kindergarten training. Been there, done that. At some point, I had to give a lecture to 147 3-5 year olds. Talk about having a stage fright for a week prior to that. geoffkait is fine, he is just one and he is not even in the same room. The only real difference is that those 147 paid attention and thought about the subject.

glupson, I would like to compliment you on your patience and generosity shown towards Geoff, which as anticipated has yielded precious little in return. But keep up the righteous battle and maybe someday....

It’s so charming when one troll has another troll’s back. What a team! The Gloopster. Moop-a-rama. Enter the jitter person. The triumvirate! I must leave now!

It should not be too inconvenient. Suppose, one would have to clean stylus for 30 minutes before each play. How many would do it ? 
Or replacing tubes every day.