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From tubes to solid state. What do you loose...


...if your priories are transparency, timbral acuracy, micro dynamics and soundstage? I am hesitant to give-up on my Sonic Frontiers Power 2, but buying tubes every so often can be quite expensive. The current tubes offered (Sovtek, Svetlana, EH) are short-lived and not cheap either. I will probably stay with tube pre-amp and go with the ss amps, like Mark Levinson...?
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From tubes to solid state, what do you lose? The best explanation I have ever read on this topic said that:

Distortion shows up as even harmonics in tube gear, as odd harmonics in SS gear. Even harmonics sound musical, Odd harmonics provide a more detailed sound, but often lead to listener fatigue.
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