I’ve had mostly good tube equipment over many years w/ some good solid state mixed in between & what I’ve noticed generally is that tube electronics do a better job of giving each instrument or vocal more space & air around it creating a better 3 dimensional illusion. With tubed equipment, The frequency extremes probably aren’t as extended, dynamics may not be as good ( although easily ameliorated) w/ an efficient speaker), tubes die & can be noisy, tubes get hot etc but w/ the right system, generally sound to me closer to live music & are more enjoyable.
