Trade- off, power SS vs tube magic.

Higher power, lower power top consideration is the speakers you're driving. Plenty of posts from people talking about the synergy of X speakers with Y amp. You know that. I hear some say this or that SS amp sounds like a tube amp, but it's the old apples to oranges comparison. I loved my tube amps, I love my current SS amp. My current NCSE has been called tube-like, but so have some models of CJ, Luxman, Pass, older SS Mac's. I feel SS and tube amps are just different in subtle ways and there is no getting around it. I like to hop around every three-four years (well did until the economy tanked), so much more pleasant moving lighter SS amps than tube boat anchors, and moving to Arizona meant I didn't need another space heater. I really didn't mind chasing down old RCA Black plates and NOS British tubes (really interesting learning about tubes and the culture around it), but saving the cost of tubes for music is nice too.

>>Let's try to keep the speaker variable out of this.
Orpheus10<<

Ridiculous.

The performance of each is dependent on the other.

Do some homework on the subject.

What do you say? Let's try to keep the speaker variable out of this.
Orpheus10 (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

I say you can't keep the speaker variable out of a discussion of tube versus solid state amplifiers because the speaker is the primary determining factor that dictates which amplifier topology will work and which will not.

There are many existing threads that thoroughly cover the tube vs. ss topic.

Audiofeil, Tvad, every moron who ever read a book knows about the speaker variable. You could have kept that. Others seem to know the question I am asking. Why don't you?

Speaking only for myself, I am not like you and the other morons you speak of. However, you fit well into that grouping based on this and other threads.

That being said, I know the subject matter.

It would behoove you to have a modicum of it before blasting others.