"Seems many comments above are talking about artificiality of solid state. Tubes introduce a more realistic Sonic impression versus scientifically created solid state transistor stuff. Tweaking all those electronics to get sound suitable for listening.
It’s no wonder why solid state has such a harsh reputation."
What a bunch of unsupportable nonsense.
@jumia Actually its easily supported if you understand how distortion interacts with the ear. If you lack that information, then solid state appears the winner hands down.
FWIW, tubes have been around a long time since being declared ’obsolete’ (which was the 1960s- imagine that idea in the face of germanium transistors 🤣). They’ve actually been around longer than when they were the only game in town. So there is an economic ’support’ as well- if tubes were really inferior they would have been gone 6 decades ago!
So you don’t really need to know the engineering about why solid state has had troubles ending tubes in audio. The economic reality is enough.
I outlined what the engineering problem with solid state is in prior posts so will not repeat myself here.
Despite all this I’m not saying that tubes are superior at this point, as you will see if you read my prior posts.