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New Amplifier and the Tube .vs SS Debate

Just set up my new Yaqin 13s amplifier and I have to say that I am impressed. I cannot image any solid state amplifier producing this level of listening enjoyment for $600 or even $2500. It really has me questioning the whole tube .vs SS debate all over again. Proponents of solid state technology are still saying what they have been saying all along. All other things being equal a SS and tube amplifier will produce exactly the same sound until they are are driven into distortion. Early in the morning while my wife was still sleeping I listened at very low volumes and could hear details in the music that I had never noticed before and heard everything being presented in a more pleasing way. Are we all just crazy or is there really something to this? Being a skeptic, I'm leaning towards crazy. Virtually every positive tube experience, including mine, is purely anecdotal with the hard evidence saying that there is no difference except in distortion levels. There has to be something more going on here, but what?


Edits: 03/07/16
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Topic - New Amplifier and the Tube .vs SS Debate - jaydacus 21:17:29 03/06/16 (39)
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