Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?

phd, I don't think tube equipment should be left on all the time to sound best and I didn't read anyone say it here. I do remember someone said some years ago that a particular Lamm preamp had to be left on for a few days to sound its best.

Switching preamps is fun indeed, as is tube rolling.

And that's another advantage of tube electronics. Can you do transistor rolling ?

Can you do transistor rolling ?

@inna

some solid state allows for adjustment of negative feedback. the darts have zero negative feedback, and that matters a lot in it’s musical flow and lack of grain and lack of solid state dryness.

tube rolling has an upside, and also a degree of confusion as to what is correct, and the uneasy feeling never knowing when something is going to blow.....and not knowing if something is going 'off'. tubes are always changing to some degree.

“nd that's another advantage of tube electronics. Can you do transistor rolling ?”

No. but with tube simulation DSP you can do a lot more than just tube rolling

I had LiNN high end Solid state didn’t like too sterile went to valve wasn’t sure now Luxman class A and feels right although may dabble with an Allnic that is for sale SH near me …..