Tube or solid state

Solid state also has higher harmonic distortion that can be heard even at lower levels and is not pleasant to the ear, tubes have lower harmonic distortion which is pleasant to the ear and masks the higher order harmonics. I used to think the same thing about tubes as spaceguitarist until I actually used some tube equipment in my system.

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I used to think the same thing about tubes as spaceguitarist until I actually used some tube equipment in my system

Perfectly understood and appreciated. As we both recognize, this is a “beaten horse “ debate. In the end each listener settles down with what suits them best. Spaceguitarist does his thing and good for him.  No doubt that you’ll continue to do what has worked out best for you.  I’ll let it go at that.

Charles

solid-state for me. But nothing against tubes.

it's great that we can hear differences between different types of FETs etc. with solid-state amps. 

In fact there are very few tube amps of any cost that will outperform a very basic modern transistor amp.

Nonsense. I wonder if spaceguitarist is pals with kenjit?

The answer to the OP's question must include tubes somewhere in the chain.

@fixto maybe I missed this but what is your budget for both?  

If you match your components carefully, any combination can sound good.

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