Switched From Tubes To SS???Glad You Did???

I had the oppertunity to go from tube to ss amp and pre. When I hooked up the ss there was just no comparison. Tubes rule. ML vs Cary was the test. My friend and I swapped out amp and preamp and he wanted to keep my tube equipment after hearing it. I'm not knocking ss, it can sound great, I just prefer tubes, even though it is more work.

You know them... You love them... You cannot live without them... wait for it........TUBES!

There's only one word to sum up tubes..as Ric Flair would say "weather you like it or don't like it TUBES are the best thing goin' Ta-day!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! remember, his shoes cost more than your house! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! really, you can like anything you want. It just seems that there are too many things to choose from. I'm just happy I can eat whenever I want.

I will only go back to SS if I want to downgrade in sound or get out of the hobby altogether. I'm getting a Linn Classik for days that I'll only listen to music for 1-2 hours. It'll come in handy if a tube goes out and I have no back up.

Just got my (2nd) Linn Classik as a back up for when tubes go out. Good sound and versatile, but no way I'll go back to SS. It just can't compare even though it sounds good to me...just not nearly as good.

Even though I like the Linn Classik it has made me realize that I've been right all along. Speakers are NOT the final answer for producing great sound. Important, but upstream is even more important.