Dertonarm: See it is boring explaining things when you know in advance that the other can't possible comprehend.
........ its not about tube OR solid state, its about what you do and how.
I could rip your set-up into pieces from what I see in your pictures and description alone. But - so what - you are happy with it and that is fine.
That your benchmarks are so much lower than mine is your fortune.
Who am i to argue with a GOD ...
I'm dropping this thread from my watch list...
difool