I have been into audio for 45 years, the last 25 of those has been with mostly tube gear.
Overall I have had great luck with minimal fuss. I've had tube gear from vtl, cj, Sonic Frontiers , Anthem , Zesto ... most of it has been great.
In 2023 I wanted to set up a second system, I had several pieces of gear displaced from my main rig. A Vault 2i, REL sub, and a pre and amp.
It was starting to take up too much room so I ended up ditching the tube gear and bought a Cyrus i7XR amp.
It was such a great sounding amp I replaced my speakers and now have a system that is compact and sounds great. One button to power up instead of 10 boxes to turn on , this system gets a lot of use . Makes no sense to power up a bunch of tube gear to listen for an hour or so.
When I do have time to listen for an extended period I'll fire up the main rig .