It’s like reading a book by a cozy fire versus central heat.
Same book, different experience.
That’s kind of how it feels to me.
Are tubes psychological?
This just occurred to me this morning as I listened in my rather dark listening room with the soft glow of tubed amps on the floor in front of me between the speakers: How much of my enjoyment of tubes gear is due to the relaxed state the glow puts my mind in?
Thoughts?