Simple - solid state is the way to go. No hassle, heat, turning on and off, worrying about tubes replacement, lots of power, etc.....You can get just as good SQ - it's not a technology issue, it is a design issue. If the SS design is good, it will sound just as good as a tube amp. They can last decades if treated right.
Do you have nothing better to do than troll here? You must be correct and correspondingly all of the revered companies and minds behind them devoted to building tubed amps and all of the consumers who prefer them must be wrong. Why not go over to the vinyl forum and tell everyone there who has a concern about cartridge set-up that the easy and correct solution is to ditch vinyl and go to digital because it is "design issue" whatever the heck that means. You sir, are not just a troll but also a buffoon and maroon. With all due respect and my kindest regards mind you.
Someone should design an IC that can fit inside a tube enclosure, maybe with an LED to give off some faint orange light, including a power transistor - the whole nine yards. It won't soft clip in an audio amplifier but down the road I think we'll need such a device. You might be able to program it with rfid to emulate any tube at all with an equivalent pinout. Then tube-amp owners would just to stock one or two of these devices per socket :-)
And you with all of six posts should also go back to whatever bridge you have been living under. Again, with nothing but respect and my kindest regards.
