ejman
Super Member
Can certainly understand your point of view since I shared it for over 40 years. I always thought why screw around with tube equipment when one can get much more power and far better specs with solid state equipment? About 7 years ago I thought "what the hell I'll just try a tube buffer and hear what if anything it does" Much to my surprise I could actually hear a little tiny difference (probably from 2nd order distortion) but I liked what I heard so I bought a tube preamp and then I really liked what I heard. Then I just had to have a tube power amp. So my system has been all tube for 5 years now and I'm not going back to SS. But YMMV.Considering an amp that would benefit from this upgrade and looking up prices for matched pairs and quads. Couple sets pay a good part of what a half decent solid state amp with similar to more power and none of the maintenance headaches go for, and asking myself why go there?
A certain cultish motorcycle mfgr's campaign once ran something like "if you have to ask, you don't understand", or some such. I'm afraid I do, and I don't on a rational level when it's my money as a power amp junkie going down the rabbit hole.
Still, I cannot look away.