Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers

Get both ASAP DUDE!!

I have a tube preamp and SS amp.

I've listened to both tube and SS amps.  They both can sound great.

I shied away from tube amps due to the risk of tubes going bad or bursting.

An excellent sounding amp is still an excellent sound amp.  Listen to Audio Research amp versus a Naim or Boulder unit and I think you may recognize there's more than one way for excellent sound.  Are exellent tube amps with the price in money and the time (warmup, service, etc)? 

I had a conversation with a friend of mine who teaches piano. She has a refurbished Steinway grand in her living room and was thinking about getting rid of it and buying another. Different piano manufacturers  came up, Weber, Bechstein, Bosendorfer, Baldwin, Yamaha, etc… The focus topic was; ‘which of these piano makers could create an outstanding grand piano’? We both agreed to the same answer, ‘all of them’. My thought is that both, solid state amplifier makers and tube amplifier makers make wonderful sounding amps but who is able to shell out the money to buy them?

Audio Research is voiced to sound like SS. Ive had several and still have a couple in the collection. DEFINITELY not a good choice if one is going for a "Tube" sound.

riaa_award_collectors_on_facebook. It appears you dont like it when the narrative does not agree with yours. Its very ironic you dont want me to disagree with a thread , when its OK for you to do exactly what you accuse me of except you want to disparage. Its clear whats important to you and your friends is to limit yourself to the corporate widget brands so that they are easier to sell on the second hand market. Nothing wrong if that’s the goal, because everybody that knows nothing about audio knows those names and thinks they are the top brands and sound the best. This is why people keep selling off gear and buying a different piece. The gear does not do what the marketing says or implies. It falls short and costs a premium. I stand against this practice.
Marketing en full regalia is what investment bankers do. People that push crap they couldnt care less about as its about the profit numbers before the product and how well it performs. In other words you are talking about products that require advertising to sell. AGD Innovates and Innovation is something done in place of buying ads. Besides you can hide nearly anything behind good marketing . Look at William Hung "She Bang" marketing can make anything a superstar. While power selling widgets on Amazon may be your thing, its not AGD’s nor mine. AGD actually cares about building a better amplifier, and does so clearly. Because you hold looks so important, even in an industry where sound is clearly more important, you relegate yourself to old technology and otherwise complete mediocrity. Stereophile just raved about the AGD amp from the show last weekend.  Seems that people who REALLY know high end audio are very impressed with the design.  https://www.stereophile.com/content/agd-gran-vivace-gan-tube-monoblock-amplifier-andante-pre-dac-str...  anyways , have fun listening I cant waste any more time with this. There are roughly 30 pair in the field and many more coming.