My amp has no faults

Even though tubes may have the most amplification faults, those faults are an easy trade off for the characteristics I value in entertainment playback as opposed to the desired clinical playback the switching amplifiers provide in my studio.

The reason tubes are still around half a century after they were supposed to be obsolete is that people like them. They like them because it is easier to get a tube amplifier to obey human hearing rules than it is with transistors. Its that simple.

So I would not describe tubes as having 'amplification faults'. If anything they have less. We use them in our studio too :)

"They like them because it is easier to get a tube amplifier to obey human hearing rules than it is with transistors. "

They also look way cool!

["So I would not describe tubes as having 'amplification faults'. If anything they have less. We use them in our studio too :)"]

Neither would I, but many "may" view them as having faults such as tube degradation, heat, and cost.

Aside from the physical and financial reasons for not using tube amplifiers in our studio the combination of the nCores and the little Avalon Mixing Monitors simply fits our needs.

"The ability to listen to music comfortably at more realistic levels is THE luxury of high end."

It is certainly one in my book.

Getting good sound all the time at higher levels is one of the things that justifies spending a bit more on speakers that are up to the task and teh amplification needed to make them sing.

That is a really nice quote!