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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LAMM, PASS & DarTZeel - my personal top 3 within my reach.
But I am not looking to make that change............tubes rule in my "CRIB" :)

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Mariusz
Just purchased Sugden A21SE integrated. Have owned VTL Tiny Triodes monoblocks and custom built tube preamp. Must say that Sugden is damn nice and gets most things right. The Class A amplification is lightening quick.

Vocals and acoustic piano are very nice. As sweet as tubes? Probably not, yet very tolerable and without the hassle of biasing, cost of tube rolling and all the things that come with tubes.

I'm running Coincident UHS TRS Triumph monitors with LAT International speaker cable.
There are some solid state amplifiers that, in a blind audition, would surprise and fool even the most ardent tubeophiles.

Let's not paint all sand amps with the same wide brush.

IMO of course.
If you think you can't maybe trying a moscode 401hr,402au or similiar amp will get you the best of both worlds.
Moscode also has a in home 30 day free trial and tube rolling won't break the bank.
I don't think it would be possible to establish a long term commitment to solid state once accustomed to tubes. Once the new and different aspect wore off, I think I would need to gravitate back to tubes. I had both types of systems at one time and always preferred the tube system. Now, both systems are tube based.