can a tube-o-phile be happy with ss?


I switched to tubes over a decade ago, after realizing that I no longer listened to the stereo because it did not sound like real music and ss and digital were irritating, on a subconscious level. Went to all tubes and mostly LP's. It worked. I even prefer triode with no negative feedback settings, usually. Now ss has supposedly improved, and its advantages beckon, e.g., less heat, electricity and trouble, better bass and perhaps more detail and clarity. Have any of you voluntarily gone back to the dark side and been content? (with the understanding that it never really ends, for an audiophile). On an unlimited budget one might have few complaints, but this question is necessarily in the context of a semblance of fiscal sanity, not top of the line Boulder, Ayre or Zanden.
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Bi is whimpy in my book: Pentode, triode, Ultralinear, 7 watts, 120 watt monos, Class A solid state, Class A/B solid state, Theater, Stereo, SACD, DVD/A, Vinyl, CD...all I'm missing is a headphone amp (anyone have an extra?).
It depends entirely on your speakers. Some speakers love tubes and sound poorly with SS whilst other speakers simply can't be controlled adequately with tubes.
If you've found the speakers that suit your room and make you swoon, see if they actually respond to solid state?
Not this tube guy; SS simply sounds sterile and uninvolving to me. Not only my big rig, but even my office rig is all-tube; and my home theater has a hybrid 5-channel amp, though SS pre/processor.

Then again, I like harmonic juice...
True tube guy can only be happy with glowing bottles. For the borderline believers, LAMMs, Pass XA.5 or Luxman brings a lot of tube like qualities.