Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers

I personally like SS amps the best, but made that decision many years ago. High frequency response and reliability mostly. That being said, I haven't listened to any tube amps except for David Berning monos and those did sound very good. Hard to tell because they were not connected to my speakers.

It depends on the type of  speaker involved there are speakers that do not work with tube amps at all but a good solid state amp will drive anything out there really well but a speaker that doe work with tubes will sound better on a good tube amp than solid state and will go very loud with the tube amp also.

I only know of one person who believes that tube watts are greater than S.S. watts and he is wrong. Read the post by Atma-sphere and take it as gospel.

@lewinskih01 
I lived with 300B and 45 SET for many years.
The SS vs SET thread got me to understand that there was at least one SS amp that could satisfy me-Bakoon. I bought their headphone amp. They create a clear window into the music without any SS negatives. However, the AGDs create a sound that goes to an even higher level. I hear the humanity of the musicians before unheard. SETs have a beautiful and musical sound. But when almost all of the distortion is removed and most of the detail is present the whole picture is transformed. Listening goes from a fun and pleasurable experience to a religious one. Transparency!

@mglik 
Interestingly enough, my takeaway from that thread was also the Bakoon 13R. I will PM to learn more about your experience so to not derail this thread.