Are tubes psychological?


This just occurred to me this morning as I listened in my rather dark listening room with the soft glow of tubed amps on the floor in front of me between the speakers: How much of my enjoyment of tubes gear is due to the relaxed state the glow puts my mind in?

Thoughts?

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Interesting question.  For me, they simply make Maggies live up to their potential even though I do use a SS on the bottom end right now.  I would prefer a tube amp there as well, but will have to save a bit of $ to get that D-76A on ebay right now.

No fair anyone buying it until I can!  I call dibs on it!

Oh, if you want to buy it and send it to me as a gift, I promise to give you all the credit here on the Forum.

Cheers!

It could depend on where you put the tubes, and what you've ingested before you're using them. 😉