Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better?

I know atmasphere is right...

But all tube amplifier dont have expert design as atmasphere evidently own... I will not name de designer of my tube amplifier, but it was  inferior to my " Sansui S.S. amplifiers... to be fair it was low cost tube amplification...And my Sansui were labelled top S.S. design in 1978... 😊

I bought Sansui for only one reason : they designed their Au-series inspired by a comparison in sound with their best tubes amp and designed their Au S.S. to sound as pleasant for the ears as a tube amp...I never regretted it...

The tube amp i bought was not comparable at all... It sound as any S.S. amp i bought before the Sansui and i dislike them, a bit cold and analytical ...

Then Atmasphere is right but not all tube designer had his knowledge...

Anyway i never like any s. s. amp before my Sansui , as the  the only tube amp i bought ...

i am sure atamasphere is right about his knowledge, but not all amp tube or S.S. obey his psycho-acoustic harmonic third as he know for sure ... In my experience not much... but i never owned high cost amplifier... My costlier one is the Sansui Alpha who for me is very good.. Am i deluded ?

i dont know for sure... i love my S.S. Sansui... THen i think some S.S. obey this third harmonic constraint... Only atmasphere know for sure...😊

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.

I'm not sure people really understand what distortion means. How is it considered to be good when listening to music, and tubes apparently doing much better job versus solid state.

"I'm not sure people really understand what distortion means. How is it considered to be good when listening to music, and tubes apparently doing much better job versus solid state"

More nonsense @jumia . I like tubes as well, and use them, but you're criticizing.solid state and asking how distortion is good when listening to music, yet it is known that tubes produce more measurable distortion than solid state devices. I don't know what your point is, but whatever it is, you're not expressing it clearly.

If it sound like a piece of chalk on a board  icy cold analytic... It is a caricature for sure...

Or if it sound more like natural  warm but realistic voice and sound with a tonal  balance ... human voices and piano and violin are my test...

I'm not sure people really understand what distortion means. How is it considered to be good when listening to music, and tubes apparently doing much better job versus solid state.

To the OP, you could "Put your money where your mouth is."  With all the brew-ha-ha about tubes, I went out and bought a Melton P/P KT-88 tube integrated rated at 80 WPC to see how it compares to my 20 year old Yamaha RZ-Z9 in "Pure Direct" mode.  The Yamaha is rated at 170 WPC with dynamic power to ~540 watts at 2 ohms.  My source is an Oppo95.  The speakers are of my own creation and include an 18" JBL 2241H, a JBL 2251J 10", and a modified Great Heil.  Personally, I'm a stickler for detail and with well under 100 hours on the tube amp, I don't even listen to it in favor of the Yamaha.

I don't give a damn about what people say about Youtube videos.  Get a set of good monitors or use good headphones, and you will hear the difference like night and day.  The tracks were matched to within ~0.2 dB.

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