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Vinylistas and Tubers - One and the same?

I am curious to see if I am in the small minority of Goners who listen exclusively to vinyl (or who have some digital source they use only when the can't get the album on a vinyl new release or reasonably priced in NM condition) and use solid state amps and phono stage. My reasons are I've been building my vinyl collection for the past 40+years, interrupted by the 10-15 years when vinyl wasn't being produced or distributed much in the US from the late 80's until the early 2000's and think it sounds better than CDs - never tried hi rez DLs or streaming, and I don't want to deal with the cost, inconvenience, unreliability (compared to SS) or heat of tubes. 

Please let me know if this describes you and your reasons.

Also, interested in the logic of those who use tubes and listen to digital.

Don't really need to hear from the digital SSers or the vinyl tubers unless your reasons are not obvious (either wanting no noise and maximum selection or like the full sound of vinyl with mid range emphasis and tube mellowness and are willing to pay the price).


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elliottbnewcombjr
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I used SS while in college when ’transistor’ was the new thing (1968 Fisher 200T Receiver), 

Inherited tubes and efficient speakers in 1973, OMG, hooked on high quality sound, but wifey hated the giant console.

Later a McIntosh SS MC 2250 because I got less efficient speakers and listened at close to live concert levels occasionally. That was during the CD’s are Perfect FOREVER era.

Missed the tube sound and those speakers: new enclosures for the efficient speaker’s innards, back to tubes, never happier.

Re-discovered LPs, joined Audiogon, upped my Vinyl game quite a bit!
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