Thiel Owners

^Tubes can be noisy?

unsound

Tubes can be noisy?

Maybe after decades I finally understand what that means!

Thanks for listening,

Dsper

Yes, indeed - there are personalities who go crazy knowing that each and every day their tubes are getting noisier and noisier . . . and when is proper time to replace them and on and on. Makes solid state easier to love.

Tom and Dsper
I began my Audio hobby in 1950, and was a devoted tube guy until the quality of KT88s and other amplifier tubes went South.  If I wanted a matched set of 88s (or other final tubes) I had to spend a minor fortune (for me.)

Switching to solid state was both a monetary and aural decision. I got so paranoid that I hated tube hum in my system. 

Not meaning to turn this thread to "tubes vs. solid state", but I currently have a Conrad Johnson 17LS and Pass Labs XP10, but I prefer the 17LS for music listening, but the XP10 is a really good preamp and in some way actually more refined than the 17LS.