Why did you lean one way or the other


Without judgement towards me, or from me, what did you find more enjoyable, going from tubes to solid state, and/or from solid state to tubes? My posts here have stated my reasons for going in a particular direction. What say you? Please, if you want to participate in this discussion, let's all be civil, mature, and realize, we all have a musical "taste" we are after, and because of this, there is no right or wrong, except for yourself. 

mrdecibel

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My solid state progression took from Technics to Yamaha, to Hafler to NYAL to Distech.  Once I tried a decent tube amp, I experienced an inviting textured holographic clarity and depth I hadn’t experience before and never looked back. 

My once stock Dynaco 70 amps have now been modified a couple of times, and I did add a solid state B&K amp and active crossovers to the woofers below 60hz to get  the benefit of the extension and bass slam that SS amps offer, but otherwise I still absolutely love what I’m hearing from my tubes.  

One aspect of  tubes that helped lure me in is that late night or early morning glow... yes