Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps

Romance. LOL.

“tube amp sound changes almost every 50hr due to tube emissions degradation, bias-balance degradation., accelerated resistor/capacitor aging, etc‘.

Just not a remotely true. I have thousands of hours on tube amps with no even minuscule different in well over a couple thousand hours.

@jumia still beg to differ, Klipsch, Volti, Audio Note, QLN, JBL, Bache, Zu, Fritz, Raven Audio, Spatial, KLH, DeVores, Sf, and I could go on and on.

Not SS or Tube it is watts and efficiencies if you are using flea watt tube amps.

Your statement maybe true for mass produced mid-fi. 

Think you need to broaden your horizons as there are many modern tube amplifier builders. 

Kick around these pages and other sites and you will see. 

Tubes are kind of like living beings.

You put them in when they are brand new, the early spring of their life,  and they are stiff and awkward.

As they get some hours on them they start to breathe and take on more life.

As they begin to mature, you realize, "Hey, these things have some legs under them!"

When they are in the summer of their life, they hit their prime, their stride, and they exude a magnificent and glorious sonic presence.

As they begin into the early autumn of their life, their beauty compares to that of a day in October; the sun sets earlier but it still has a warm glow in the afternoon, and that is accentuated by the red and gold leaves drifting down.  It's beautiful, but it will be over. 

Late fall turns to winter and it is time to perform euthanasia and then contact an adoption agency.

Anyway, I like my vacuum tube components but they may not be for everyone.  I can respect that also.

Hey @immatthewj,  love your description on tubes.  Well done 😀👍