Solid states more accurate than tubes?


Ever since I changed speakers from a pair of Maggie's to Proac's, I find the tonal balance more accurate with a ss, especially acoustic wood instruments. Tubes seem to lack that tonal accuracy. I believe it's a more realistic and accurate rendering. Is that a fair assessment? I'm not arguing tubes don't sound good with it's rich, warm sound but just not as accurate. 
jaferd

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bifwynne

Your post and remarks are interesting and rightful thinking....

I have embed my aown audio system, not perfectly for sure, but rightfulle, mechanically, electrically, and acoustically; then my judgement criteria for the difference between S.S. design or tubes design, will comes if i compares to the most essential audio impression, the tonal timbre of an instrument, his naturalness....

When your system begins to be rightfully embed in his 3 dimensions, where resonance and vibrations are controlled, when the electrical noise of the house is not to high, and the acoustic of the room rightly controlled, the more fundamental experience  you enjoy is rightful timbre and imaging....

That is my experience....

 Absolutely accurate and pure system tonality is an aspirational sonic utopia that can be attempted but is rarely achieved.
You are right in the absolute, no audio system is perfect, but when we go in the right direction this "utopia" begins to be a feeling that guide us in the right direction.... That is all my pretense and the sense of my remarks about timbre...

My best tou you fellow....  
By the way the  real accuracy of a S.S. design or tubes design is not in the subjective impression of clarity or details, it is in the perception of the real tonal timbre of instrument and voices.....
 

Is the piano sounding like a real piano?

Timbre naturalness is ALL there is, those who want details can buy a microscope...

 :)

Berning ZOTL amplifier apparently contradict that widely held, not always true tough, opinions about distorted sound tubes.....

I never listen to a ZOTL.... I only dream to buy one....

My post is only an invitation to read about an interesting new technology....

By the way i hate short life duration tubes with a slow degradation at a certain point in times, especially when they are very good sound, and i hate more the heating furnace of tubes amplifier....Nothing of that with the ZOTL technology tough.... Then.... I dream to have the best of the 2 worlds without their defects........

Berning is a physicist by the way.....He recreate tube tech from the beginning....And the price is not so high even for me someday....

I apologize to mimicking a marketing publicity.... But i dream a lot....And  has read a lot about that....