Any good reasons to use transistor phono stage and line level preamp instead of tube ?


Besides lower noise and no need to hunt for particular NOS tubes. 
inna

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To my ear, tubes done right sound closer to what it should be, so ideally I would have a tube power amp as well.
I am also a tape guy and some noise from tubes is like some noise from tape, it doesn't bother me, but sure the tubes and the amps must be first rate. Hunting for right NOS tubes may not be much fun but they last long in phono stages and preamps, and you don't need many of them.
But at the highest level, what can compete with tubes, Gryphon/FM Acoustics and other Swiss ? Who else ?
So I thought - no good reasons. More funds and effort, that's all.
frogman, you are a rare guest outside that music thread.